New Delhi, April 10
Keeping in view the second wave of Covid and rising cases in Delhi, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to reopen the Covid-19 centre in the Cantt area of the Capital.
Sources in the government said the decision was taken at a meeting of senior officials, including Director, AIIMS, officers from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Union Health Ministry, and Chief Secretary Delhi, which was chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla. They said the centre would have 500 beds, which would gradually be increased. “It has been decided that the 500-bed hospital will be reopened in Delhi and DRDO will run the centre,” a senior official said. — TNS
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