Kejri to undergo Covid test today

Kejri to undergo Covid test today

AlokKNMishra@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:09.06.2020

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has developed Covid-like symptoms and will undergo test for novel coronavirus. After developing mild fever and sore throat, he has cancelled all meetings since Sunday and gone into self-isolation.

“The chief minster started feeling down since Sunday afternoon. He has fever and pain in the throat. He has put himself into self-isolation at his residence. All meetings have been cancelled since Sunday. He will undergo Covid test on Tuesday,” AAP MP Sanjay Singh said.

As Kejriwal has a medical history of diabetes for a long time, doctors have advised him to avoid meetings and stay isolated, Singh said. “I pray to God that everything is fine and he recovers very fast and returns to work,” he added.

During the complete lockdown, Kejriwal mostly worked from home and also attended meetings through videoconferencing before returning to the secretariat on a regular basis.

‘Will assess if there’s community transmission’

New Delhi:

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) will hold a crucial meeting on Tuesday to assess whether Covid-19 has entered the community transmission phase in the national capital.

Addressing an online media briefing here, Sisodia said if community transmission was taking place in Delhi, the AAP government would have to change its strategy accordingly to deal with the situation.

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is the vice-chairman of the DDMA, has authorised his deputy, Sisodia, to attend this meeting on his behalf. Kejriwal has gone into self-quarantine after developing sore throat and fever. “There will be an important meeting of the state disaster management authority on Tuesday. Experts will also attend iy,” Sisodia said. PTI