After the Kejriwal Government raised objection to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal’s order for mandatory five-day institutional quarantine for Covid-19 patients, the L-G on Saturday said it would be required for only those who do not need hospitalisation and do not have adequate facilities for home isolation.
The order of five-day mandatory institutional quarantine was opposed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Deputy Manish Sisodia in a meeting of Delhi State Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Saturday.
The L-G after the meeting said in a tweet, “Regarding institutional isolation, only those Covid positive cases which do not require hospitalisation on clinical assessment & do not have adequate facilities for home isolation would be required to undergo institutional isolation.”
After the Disaster Management Authority meeting, Sisodia said the LG’s reservations over home isolation were resolved in the SDMA meeting and the home quarantine system will continue.
“We thank L-G for this. Under the leadership of our Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, we will not let Delhi people have any inconvenience,” he tweeted.
Earlier, opposing the L-G’s order issued on Friday for mandatory five-day institutional quarantine, Sisodia had said, “Every day more than 3,000 patients are coming for Covid-19 treatment. According to the figures by the Health Department, by June 30 we will have one lakh patients, by July 15 , we will have 1.25 lakh patients, and by July 31 we will have almost 5.25 lakh patients. This will be the scenario if we continue with the home isolation system.”
Sisodia said the meeting also decided that 100 per cent Covid beds in private hospitals will be subsidised up to an upper limit of 60 per cent of total hospital capacity.
“The Central Government committee had recommended reducing rates of 60 per cent Covid beds in private hospitals, so less number of beds were available at lower rates. Now, 100 per cent beds will be available at lower rates,” he said in another tweet.