Delhi's Anti-Covid juggernaut

By Vijaya Pushkarna A train getting readied to function as a Covid Care Centre Delhi is on a roller coaster ride as the state tries to deal with Covid 19, and provide the necessary facilities for its petrified people. From a confident start saying Delhi was prepared to deal with any spike in Covid says end May, the capital city is flapping its wings in all directions, hoping that by a miracle something—just anything—works, to reduce the number of cases, hospital admissions, ICU requirements and death on account of Covid. One day it was the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s words that seemed the way forward. Don’t rush to the hospital unless you have serious symptoms, urged Kejriwal, after his efforts to reserve the beds of the hospitals under Delhi government for Delhi residents fell flat. He agreed to make peace with the Centre and cooperate and go along with Lt Governor Anil Baijal’s directions that no such reservation will be allowed. A couple of