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Delhi Covid lockdown news: National capital records 28,395 new cases, 277 deaths

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 21, 2021, 10:03:03 IST

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Delhi Covid lockdown news: National capital records 28,395 new cases, 277 deaths

Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Anand Vihar ISBT to catch a bus home, hours after chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a week-long lockdown and appealed to them with folded hands not to leave Delhi while sounding a word of assurance -- "Main hoon na" (I am here for you). Police officials said over 5,000 people gathered at Anand Vihar including at ISBT as well as the railway station and the numbers were rising. "I assure you, the government will take full care of you. Main hun na, mujh par bharosa rakho (I am here for you, have faith in me)," Kejriwal said, announcing the lockdown from 10pm tonight to 5am next Monday. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:

03:05 (IST) Apr 20

Amid one-week lockdown in Delhi, migrants gather at Ghaziabad border to return home by walk

"There's no work for us, & no landlord or govt will help us during lockdown.That's why we're leaving. If there's further lockdown,we won't be able to survive," says a migrant

01:51 (IST) Apr 20

Delhi: Migrant workers wait for buses at Anand Vihar Bus Terminal amid 1-week lockdown in NCT

00:09 (IST) Apr 20

Watch | Delhi: A huge rush of migrant workers at Anand Vihar Bus Terminal

#WATCH | Delhi: A huge rush of migrant workers at Anand Vihar Bus Terminal. Delhi Govt has imposed a 6-day lockdow… https://t.co/zVKe106J9O
— ANI (@ANI) 1618855043000

00:00 (IST) Apr 20

Delhi: Migrant workers throng Anand Vihar Bus Terminal after the National Capital goes into 1-week lockdown starting tonight at 10 pm

22:37 (IST) Apr 19

Delhi reports 23,686 fresh Covid-19 cases and 240 deaths in the last 24 hours. (ANI)

22:29 (IST) Apr 19

Delhi medical store owner held for black marketing of Remdesivir

A pharmacy store owner and his employee were arrested in Delhi on Monday in connection with alleged black marketing of antiviral drug Remdesivir, police said. The accused were identified as Basant Goel (41), a resident of Delhi's Vivek Vihar and his employee Ramoutar Sharma (27), a resident of North Chhajupur in Delhi, a police official said. (PTI)

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21:57 (IST) Apr 19

Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration extends night curfew between 8pm and 7am till April 30. (ANI)

21:41 (IST) Apr 19

Delhi's share of oxygen diverted to another state: AAP govt claims in HC

The Delhi government, which is battling to cater to the need of oxygen for Covid-19 patients, Monday claimed in the Delhi high court that one of the reasons for the shortage of oxygen was diversion to one of the largest states of the country. When the submission to this effect was made, a bench of justice Vipin Sanghi and justice Rekha Palli asked the state's name but senior advocate Rahul Mehra, representing the Delhi government, refrained from naming it and said it could “become political”. (PTI)

20:47 (IST) Apr 19

Liquor makers seek home delivery of booze after long queues outside alcohol shops

Liquor manufacturers on Monday asked the Delhi government to allow home delivery of alcoholic beverages as tipplers thronged liquor shops forming serpentine queues ahead of the six-day lockdown beginning this evening in the wake of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. On Monday as soon as Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a six-day lockdown from 10pm on Monday till 5am the next Monday to curb growing cases of Covid-19, a sudden rush of punters was seen outside liquor shops in the national capital with long queues. (PTI)

19:32 (IST) Apr 19

Delhi govt advances summer vacations in schools, to begin from April 20 now.

18:37 (IST) Apr 19

AIIMS-Delhi OPD to be shut from April 22, routine inpatient admissions postponed

Amid a surge in coronavirus infections, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi has decided to shut its physical OPD services from April 22 and postpone routine inpatient admissions to contain the spread of the virus and augment resources for treatment of Covid-19 patients.

17:28 (IST) Apr 19

HC directs Centre, AAP govt to disclose number of beds available in hospitals

The Delhi high court Monday directed the Centre and AAP government to file affidavits by Tuesday disclosing hospital-wise availability of beds for Covid-19 patients in the capital. Taking stock of the current pandemic situation, the high court asked the Central government to look into the aspect of shortage of oxygen supply in Delhi hospitals on an urgent basis. (PTI)

17:20 (IST) Apr 19

Second Covid-19 wave in Delhi likely to peak within a week: Experts

The second wave of coronavirus in Delhi is likely to peak within a week after possibly hitting a positivity rate of 50 per cent before the numbers start to go down, senior medical experts said on Monday. (PTI)

16:40 (IST) Apr 19

Delhi high court directs the Delhi government to provide food to daily wagers at their worksite and to utilise the service of mid-day meal contractors. (ANI)

16:22 (IST) Apr 19

In view of the curfew imposed in Delhi from Monday 10pm today till 5am on 26 April, metro services will be available during the morning (8am to 10am) and evening (5pm to 7pm) peak hours across the network with a headway (frequency) of 30 minutes: Delhi Metro (ANI)

16:17 (IST) Apr 19

Delhi court judge dies of Covid-19

A 47-year-old district court judge succumbed to Covid-19 at a government hospital in Delhi on Monday. Kovai Venugopal, who was a judge at the Saket Family Court, died at 11am at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Naryan Hospital. According to the court sources, he was admitted to the hospital on Sunday and was being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward. (PTI)

16:06 (IST) Apr 19

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal urges migrant workers not to leave Delhi in view of curfew announced on Monday. The CM says the lockdown is of a short duration and he hopes the government won't have to extend it.

15:58 (IST) Apr 19

Covid-19 cases on the rise in Gurugram's high-rise apartments

As the number of Covid-19 cases are increasing in Gurugram, high-rises are emerging as new hotspots in the millennium city. An indication of this is a sharp rise in containment zones which have gone up from 94 to 119 which include upscale condominiums and high-rise apartments, according to a containment zones list released by the district administration. The data reveals the trend of rising coronavirus cases in residential complexes in the city. (IANS)

15:46 (IST) Apr 19

Advocates enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi will be extended financial help of Rs 25,000 on home quarantine if they contract coronavirus infection. If hospitalised and not covered by any insurance scheme, they will be given Rs 50,000: Council chairman (ANI)

15:35 (IST) Apr 19

A PIL has been moved in Delhi high court for the release of undertrial prisoners (UTPs) on interim bail in the wake of the prevalent Covid-19 situation in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. (ANI)

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