Delhi Lt Governor sets up high-level committee to tackle COVID-19

The committee includes Indian Council of Medical Research Director General Balram Bhargava, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, Delhi Government Health Service Additional DDG, Dr. Ravindran, and National Centre for Disease Control Director, Dr Surjit Kumar Singh.

It also includes two members of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) – Krishna Vatsa and Kamal Kishore.

The expert committee will give opinions on various challenges being faced in Delhi in the prevention of the spread of Covid-19 and measures to ramp up the medical infrastructure.

This comes a day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the number of cases may grow to half a million by the end of July. (IANS)

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