The Centre on Thursday rejected allegations made by Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain claiming that the Ministry of Home Affairs was pre...
The Centre on Thursday rejected allegations made by Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain claiming that the Ministry of Home Affairs was pressuring the officers not to increase Covid-19 testing in the national Capital. Jain had made the allegations in a letter to the home ministry on Thursday itself.
“The allegation raised in the letter of the Health Minister of Delhi Govt dated August 27, 2020, which is addressed to Union Home Secretary, to the effect that MHA is putting pressure on Delhi Govt officers not to increase testing in Delhi is false and baseless,” the Ministry of Home Affairs tweeted.
The ministry hinted at Home Minister Amit Shah’s role in increasing the daily Covid-10 testing in the national Capital from around 4,000 per day in mid-June to about 20,000 daily. It pointed out that the marked improvement in the Covid-19 situation in Delhi has been possible due to enhanced testing and other containment measures.
“An MHA note has only proposed that the views of an expert committee headed by Dr VK Paul may be taken on the proposed enhancement in testing in Delhi, for technical guidance on various issues such as mix of RT-PCR & Rapid Antigen, categories of geographical areas & demographics etc,” the ministry...
