Covid 3rd Wave Response Plan Passed By Disaster Management Body: Arvind Kejriwal

A Delhi government panel on managing the possible third wave of Covid has devised a mechanism that prescribes a graded response, including closure of most economic activities at "Red" level alert.

A "Graded Response Action Plan" prepared to deal with a possible third wave of coronavirus was passed in the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting on Friday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said. A Delhi government panel on managing the possible third wave of Covid has devised a colour-coded mechanism which prescribes a graded response, including the closure of most economic activities at the highest "Red" level alert. "The "Graded Response Action Plan" was passed in the DDMA meeting today. No doubts will remain about when the lockdown will be imposed or when it will open. In the meeting, there was also discussion about the Delta plus variant. We have to stop this variant from spreading in Delhi, for which the government is taking all necessary steps," Mr Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.