Delhi will start unlocking slowly from Monday, thanks to the efforts of the two crore individuals of the city which helped bring under control this deadliest wave of Covid-19, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today.
“In the past 24 hours, the positivity rate has been around 1.5 per cent with only 1,100 new cases being reported. This is the time to unlock lest people escape corona only to die of hunger,” Kejriwal said.
He had announced a lockdown on April 19 after the city recorded over a lakh cases five days on a trot till then.
He said,” today was a meeting with the disaster management authority, to avoid losing the advantage gained in the past month, everyone is of the opinion that the opening up must be slow. There has to be some balance.”
The government has to take care of the lowest strata first and gradual unlocking particularly should focus on daily wagers, labourers and migrant workers who come to Delhi from far off areas for livelihood. This category of personnel are usually found in the construction field and in factories, he pointed out, CM said
“Every week, based on suggestions from citizens and expert opinion, we will keep opening up progressively. If the rate of infection increases again, we will put the unlocking on hold. So everyone must maintain caution,” he said.
He repeated that the lockdown was imposed under compulsions not as a choice, so people must not venture out of their homes pointlessly.