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Union Home Minister Amit Shah today chaired a meeting through video conferencing to review the COVID19 situation in Delhi-NCR.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attended the meeting. Senior officials of Home Ministry and Health Ministry also attended the meeting.
During the meeting, Mr Shah emphasized on adoption of more testing using Rapid Antigen Test Kits to help reduce infection transmission rate. He said, these kits can be provided by Government of India to Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The Home Minister also focused on early hospitalization to reduce mortality rates.
He also focused on extensive use of Aarogya Setu and Itihaas App to help mapping of COVID in NCR.
Mr Shah said, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana can avail AIIMS-Telemedicine consultation through which patients will get advice from experts. He said, small hospitals in both states can take guidance from AIIMS through Tele-videography.
On 18th June, Mr Shah had reviewed the Covid 19 situation in Delhi NCR with Mr Kejriwal and senior officials of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Mr Shah had emphasized on the need to have a unified strategy in the Delhi-NCR region to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
The total confirmed cases in the National Capital has reached 89 thousand 802.