While the national Capital is under the grip of COVID-19, the Delhi Government on Friday ordered to stop all sports gathering in the city including Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020.
Citing social distancing the most effective way to contain the spreading nature of coronovirus, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said we are urging people to avoid large gathering as much as they can. Stressing on self- quarantine, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Ministers advised people to stop participating in mass gathering activities as six cases have been confirmed so far.
“Social distancing is the most effective way to stop the spread of the coronavirus cases in Delhi and India. To maintain social distancing, it is important to avoid any big event which witnesses huge public gatherings. “The IPL and such sports events witness huge gatherings, therefore, we have decided to stop such events with an immediate effect till the further order,” said Sisodia.
“I want to tell everyone to not wait for the Government orders but to proactively avoid any big gathering. The Government is doing their best but to stop the spread of Coronavirus, mutual cooperation of the people and the Government is very important,” the Minister added.
Adding furthermore, Sidodia said, “In Korea, the coronavirus was contained for the first 30 cases. Patient 31 was a super-spreader who passed it to thousands of other people. In order to prevent instances like this, the Delhi Government has ordered that no big gatherings should take place but if you find any such gatherings where people are coming from different places then please avoid such venues. We believe that such strict preventive steps are the only way to stop this disease and many other countries are following such steps.”
“This is exponential threat where every day counts. I would urge the people to self-quarantine themselves. If you have symptoms of COVID-19, get your tests done, avoid public gatherings and stay at home. This is best way to contain spread of this disease,”
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.