1,500 Delhi Police Personnel Test Positive in Covid-19 Second Wave
The Delhi Police on Thursday said that around 1,500 of its personnel have tested positive in the fresh wave of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) that is wreaking havoc in the national capital, news agency ANI reported. The police force has been involved in frontline duty during the pandemic, which increases the risk of contracting the virus.
The number has grown five times since last week, when ANI reported that 300 police personnel tested positive for Covid-19.
The Delhi Police has intensified patrolling across the city due to the stringent curbs announced by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in view of spiralling Covid-19 cases. The national capital recorded 24,638 new Covid-19 cases and 249 related deaths on Wednesday.
The police have also been handling a multitude of requests from people across the city. Since the surge in cases, police have arranged oxygen for hospitals facing critical shortage, sent the antiviral drug Remdesivir to patients in other states, turned a public park into a hospital for an ailing woman and rushed an elderly patient to hospital in the absence of any relative, among others.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
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