The AAP on Wednesday alleged that the BJP and its government were more concerned about their image abroad than the children in India after the saffron party accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of serious violation of constitutional propriety with his remarks on Covid strain in Singapore. The two parties sparred after Singapore called the Indian envoy and conveyed to him its strong objections to the “unfounded assertions” by Kejriwal and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar ticked off the Delhi chief minister, saying he does not speak for India and irresponsible comments from those who should know better can damage long-standing partnerships.
May 19, 2021, 23:15 PM IST
New Delhi: Amid criticism over Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal s Singapore COVID variant remark, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain claimed on Wednesday that a different strain of the coronavirus is spreading in the Southeast Asian country. His comments came hours after the government of Singapore conveyed to the Indian high commissioner its strong objection to Kejriwal s comments about a Singapore variant of COVID-19.
The Delhi Chief Minister called for cancelling all air services with Singapore with immediate effect on Tuesday, saying a strain of the coronavirus found in the Southeast Asian country could reach Delhi in the form of a third wave of the pandemic. There are many strains of the coronavirus in India at present.. Their presence is ascertained through genome-sequencing. It is a different strain (in Singapore) indeed. Whether it is from Singapore, Delhi, America or London.What is important is that the strains are different, Jain told repo
Updated 6 hours ago A health worker gives a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a woman at a drive-in vaccination centre in Mumbai on Wednesday. | PTI
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Creation of a Special Task Force to protect children on priority list
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Creation of a Special Task Force to protect children on priority list
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday convened a meeting with officials to review the current COVID situation in Delhi and to deliberate on measures to prevent the third wave of the pandemic.
The government stated that Mr. Kejriwal prioritised the increase in the number of beds and oxygen allocation as well as the creation of a Special Task Force to protect children from the third wave.
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