ANI
07 Apr 2020, 15:07 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the state government has formed a five-step plan --"5 Ts Plan", after talking to the experts to control the spread of COVID-19 in the national capital in the future.
"The first T is testing. If you don't test, you won't be able to find out which houses have been affected. It'll go on spreading. South Korea identified every single individual through large scale testing. We are now going to do mass testings like South Korea," the Chief Minister said.
He added that the countries that did not conduct testing were unable to control the spread of COVID-19.
"We have ordered kits for the testing of 50,000 people. The kits have started arriving. We have also placed orders for the rapid test of 1,00,000 people. The deliveries of kits will begin by Friday. Random tests will be done at hotspots. Detailed tests will also be done," said Kejriwal.
"The second T is tracing. We have a very efficient team of officers and doctors who identifies people and put them under self-quarantine. Tracing is being carried out at a very good level in Delhi and now we have started taking help from the police as well to check if the people who have been traced are staying under self-quarantine," he added.
Chief Minister stated that till date the government has given contact numbers of 27,702 people for tracing. A person's movement can be tracked through their phone, he added.
"Today we are going to give 2000 phone numbers of people who were brought out of Markaz to find out if they roamed in the area around Markaz. The areas they went out to, will be sealed and monitored," said CM Kejriwal.
"Our third T is treatment, if someone gets infected with COVID-19 then we will have to provide that person with treatment. Delhi has 525 positive COVID-19 cases so far and we have made arrangements for 3,000 beds," he added.
The fourth T is teamwork without which, nobody can deal with the coronavirus crisis, the Chief Minister said.
"I am really happy that all the state governments are working as a team, rising above politics. People of these countries and all governments should work together. We have to learn from each other. Doctors and nurses are the essential members of this family. We have to save them anyhow, they are our soldiers and we need to take care of their families," said CM Kejriwal.
"Fifth T is tracking and monitoring. I have spoken so much, but these things need to be tracked and monitored as well and it's my responsibility to track the moment to moment plan we have prepared. I am tracking it 24 hours. We can win this battle as a team if we remain three steps ahead of COVID-19," he added. (ANI)Get a daily dose of North Korea Times news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to North Korea Times.
More InformationMOSCOW, Russia: This week, Russia became the first country to officially recognize the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan since...
CAIRO, Egypt: This week, both Hamas and Israel shared their views ahead of expected peace talks about a new U.S.-backed ceasefire plan....
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Trump administration has made public a visa decision that would usually be kept private. It did this to send...
MADRID, Spain: Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota and his younger brother, André Silva, have died in a car accident in Spain. Spanish...
LONDON, U.K.: An unrelenting heatwave sweeping across Europe has pushed early summer temperatures to historic highs, triggering deadly...
President Donald Trump's plans to build a space-based Golden Dome missile defense shield have drawn immediate criticism from China,...
NEW YORK CITY, New York: With just weeks to spare before a potential government default, U.S. lawmakers passed a sweeping tax and spending...
PARIS, France: Fast-fashion giant Shein has been fined 40 million euros by France's antitrust authority over deceptive discount practices...
PALO ALTO/TEL AVIV: The battle for top AI talent has claimed another high-profile casualty—this time at Safe Superintelligence (SSI),...
FRANKLIN, Tennessee: Hundreds of thousands of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles are being recalled across the United States due to a potential...
REDMOND, Washington: Microsoft is the latest tech giant to announce significant job cuts, as the financial strain of building next-generation...
LONDON UK - U.S. stock markets were closed on Friday for Independence Day. Global Forex Markets Wrap Up Friday with Greeback Comeback...