Shaheen Bagh becomes new COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area, which had hit the headlines for massive anti-CAA protests, has been declared a COVID-19 hotspot after three cases of the infection were reported from the area, said media reports.
Areas like street number 6, A Block, Abu Fazal enclave and Street nos. 3-5, East Ram Nagar, Shahdara as the new containment zones were also declared new COVID-19 hotspots, said a Times Now report.
With these the total number of red zones in the capital city have risen to 60, the reports added.
Apart from essential services and medical emergencies, no internal and external movement is allowed in the red zones unchecked, as per the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) guidelines issued on April 14 last and AAP government's Operation Shield.
As per Health Ministry data, Delhi has 1640 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 38 deaths.
The Delhi Government will now start Operation SHIELD which means--Sealing, Home Quarantine, Isolation and Tracking, Essential Supply, Local Sanitisation and Door-To-Door Checking, said a Times Now report.
The Delhi government has claimed Operation Shield has helped it to curb the transmission of the virus in Old Seemapuri, Dilshad Garden, Vasundhara Enclave, Mayur Vihar and Kichripur, said reports.
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