New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday summoned a status report from all the states expressing serious concern over the horrific situation of Corona virus epidemic in various states of the country including Delhi.
A division bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice MR Shah said during the hearing of the self-cognizance case on the corona, that the corona case was coming from across the country. The situation in Delhi has been frightening in the last two weeks.
The court said that in view of the magnitude of the Corona case, all the states are directed to present fresh status reports related to the Corona infection and the measures being taken for it.
During the hearing, Justice Bhushan asked the Delhi government how it was handling the situation and how the Corona infected patients were being treated? Are there adequate beds for patients in Delhi hospitals? In response, the Delhi government counsel said that beds have been reserved for corona patients in all the hospitals in Delhi. The bench then asked the Delhi government to submit a fresh status report on the management of patients.
Meanwhile, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of the Central Government, agreed that the Delhi Government had much more to do in the Corona case. He said that the Union Home Minister (Amit Shah) had a meeting in this regard on November 13 and issued several guidelines.
The court adjourned the hearing till Friday and directed all the states including Delhi to present fresh status report related to corona infection in the meantime. The bench said that if the state governments are not fully prepared, the situation may worsen in December.
