"Will Protect You, Your Family": Arvind Kejriwal On New Covid Strain

Delhi was among the most badly affected cities in India at the peak of the second wave, when hospital beds were hard to find and patients died due to a lack of oxygen

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called for a meeting of medical and scientific experts Monday in light of "the threat from (the) new Covid variant from African countries". In view of the threat from new COVID variant from African countries, we have requested experts to make a presentation to DDMA on Mon and suggest what steps we shud take. We will take all steps necessary to protect u and ur family

These experts will make a presentation to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), he said, to suggest steps to protect the national capital from the B.1.1.529 strain of the coronavirus.

"In view of the threat from (the) new COVID-19 variant from African countries, we have requested experts to make a presentation to DDMA on Monday, and suggest what steps we should take. We will take all steps necessary to protect you and your family," the Chief Minister tweeted.