Is the 4th Covid Wave Back In Delhi?
School officials have been ordered to close Delhi Schools even if a single student tests positive. The number of cases reported in Delhi showed a slight upswing on Thursday, with cases reported from the recently opened schools as well. A total of 325 fresh Covid cases were reported in Delhi yesterday, with a positivity rate of 2.39%. A new advisory has been issued by the Delhi Government to schools in the capital as a result of this.
The Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, assured the closest monitoring of the situation after an incident of Covid was reported in Delhi schools. During his remarks, he announced that new guidelines will be released for schools in the capital on April 15. This aligns with that which the Department of Education has just released.
Following the new guidelines, a school in the capital is required to close the wing or the entire school if a student, teacher or staff member is found positive for a prohibited substance. In this part of the process, the school would follow COVID’s guidelines and protocols, as well as inform DOE. A mask-wearing policy has been implemented at the school.
It goes on to inform that “if any Covid case is experienced by the school authority, it should be immediately reported to the directorate of education and the concerned wing of the school, or the whole school in the event of a whole school closure, must be closed for the time being.”
As well, the advisory has requested that masks be provided to students, teachers, and staff members. In addition, the Board recommended continuing social distancing measures and regular hand washing.
In the NCR region-especially in schools-the, new guidelines have been issued in response to an increase in the number of cases in Delhi and other locations. It was discovered on Thursday that a student and a teacher had tested positive for the virus at Delhi School. Cases have been reported from Ghaziabad and Noida schools, prompting the schools to shut down for a few days and switch to online classes until the situation is under control.
Additionally, there have been numerous cases reported from Gurgaon after a farewell bash organized by a prominent city school. None of the reports has been confirmed at the moment. The city reported a high number of new cases as well on Thursday, nearly 100 cases.
While Delhi NCR schools will be closed for a long weekend due to the holiday, schools in the region will stay open throughout the weekend.
April 14 was Ambedkar Jayanti and April 15 is Good Friday. The schools would now reopen on Monday, April 18.
Regarding Covid, officials say there is no reason to panic or worry at this time, although the number of cases is increasing. The Delhi Disaster Management Office (DDMA) may meet on Wednesday to reassess the situation. It is being conjectured that the mask mandate might return to Delhi. With an increase in coronavirus cases and a positive rate of over 2%, the state capital last week reported an increase of nearly 48% in home quarantine cases, citing official data on Friday. Did the fourth Covid wave arrive in Delhi?
Well, there is no official confirmation of this, but by witnessing these horrific developments, people are generally afraid that a fourth COVID wave may have arrived in the state capital. According to the data, as of Thursday, there were 574 cases of home quarantine, and 325 new coronavirus cases were enrolled with a positive rate of 2.39 per cent. Surprisingly, the number of daily COVID cases has increased recently, but the positive rate is higher than 1% from 1.34% on April 4th.
In addition, the Covid positive rate in Delhi increased from 0.57% on April 1st to 2.39% on April 14th, and the number of cases of housing isolation showed an increasing trend last week. According to the city’s health authorities, the state capital reported 146 cases as of April 8, with a positive rate of 1.39% and 388 cases isolated at home.
During this period, the number of cases of home quarantine steadily increased to 574 on April 14. The corresponding number on April 11th was 447 and on April 13th it was 504. Cases of home isolation increased by almost 48% last week, the Indian Pretrust reported.
However, experts dealing with the coronavirus situation said it was “not a panic situation” because the daily number of cases is still small, but warned against dropping the guards. According to official figures, as of Thursday, there were 19 COVIDs in Delhi and 18,67,206 and 26,158 deaths from the disease, respectively.
As Covid19 cases in Delhi, Delhi Disaster Authority (DDMA) may summon a meeting on Wednesday, April 20 to discuss the pandemic situation in the national capital.
According to a Hindustan Times report, officials can also discuss the rules of the mask, which makes it mandatory for everyone.
DDMA can review its previous decision to raise the penalty for the mask in public places because many people have stopped using them despite the increase in infections.
Delhi’s Health Department, in order of April 2, claims that fines will not be imposed for not wearing masks in public places.
Depending on the official opinion, the meeting will take place at 11 am on April 20. A continuous vaccination program in the national capital will also be discussed.
Anil Baijal Governor, Minister Kejriwal, Minister of Income Kailash Gahlot, Minister of Health Satyendra Jain, Dr V K Paul de Niti Aayog, Professor Bhargav of ICMR, Dr Sujit Kumar Singh, Director NCDC, Tien Randeep Guleria, Director, purpose and other experts are capable of attending the DDMA meeting. In addition, the AAP government of Arvind Kejriwal is also considered to be schools that end after teachers and a student at a South Delhi school have found positive Covid 19.
Currently, all schools are closed because of the good sixth and Easter Sunday.
Yesterday, Delhi reported 325 Covid patients and 299 patients on the previous day. The city has carried out 13,576 Covid tests, of which 2.39% of the samples gave positive results. Delhi continues to record an average of 201 cases per day over the past seven days compared with an average of 120 cases a week ago.
CM Kejriwal has so far downplayed the Covid threat. At a public ceremony on Thursday, Delhi CM said: “There is no need to panic at this time as the number of people hospitalized has not increased.”
In addition, experts have also said that the increased positive rate can be attributed to testing and lifting of mask duties and other Covid-appropriate behaviours.
edited and proof read by nikita sharma
