‘Like 15-day detention’: Delhi CM asks Centre to revoke compulsory coronavirus facility visit rule - bee newz

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

‘Like 15-day detention’: Delhi CM asks Centre to revoke compulsory coronavirus facility visit rule

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday asked the Centre to roll back an order directing all coronavirus patients in the Capital to visit quarantine centres for check-up. Kejriwal said that sending people to the quarantine facilities would be like a “15-day detention”, according to PTI.

Kejriwal also expressed concern over how patients running fever would stand in long queues at the quarantine facilities. “Earlier, medical teams would go to patients’ homes to examine them,” Kejriwal told reporters during his visit to a banquet hall that has been turned into a coronavirus care centre. “Now according to the Centre’s rules, patients have to stand in lines. I urge the Centre to withdraw this order.”

Earlier in the day, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and asked him to withdraw the order. Sisodia added that far from being a political fight about a “Kejriwal model versus Amit Shah model”, his request was an effort to implement a hassle-free system for the people.

Sisodia said he had earlier written to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal about his request but received no response from him. On June 19, Baijal had issued an order making it compulsory for all coronavirus...

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