New Delhi reserves hospital beds for residents as virus cases surge

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Indian capital New Delhi ordered many of its hospital beds to be reserved solely for its residents, as the number of Covid-19 infections continued to surge, according to Reuters.

New Delhi alone has registered more than 10 per cent of India's total Covid-19 cases, making it the third worst-affected part of the country after the western state of Maharashtra, home to financial capital Mumbai, and southern Tamil Nadu state.

“Delhi is in big trouble. Corona cases are rising rapidly,” state Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a video message on Twitter, where he announced that private and city government-run hospitals will be reserved for Delhi residents.

“If we open Delhi hospitals for patients from all over, where will Delhi residents go when they get infected with coronavirus?”

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