In view of the third wave of Covid-19 infection underway in the national capital, the Centre has advised the Delhi government to increase targeted testing and build medical care capacity to control the surge of patients incoming, informed the union health ministry in a press conference on Tuesday. ....

The Delhi government's plea stressing the urgent need for keeping more ICU beds for Covid patients in view of cases increasing every day failed to move the Supreme Court which on Tuesday declined to lift the Delhi High Court's stay on the order to reserve 80 per cent ICU beds in private hospitals for such patients. ....

Be ready to face penalty and a police case against you if you are planning to burst firecrackers in the national capital as Delhi government on Monday announced to penalise such people under the "Air Act". ....

As Delhi faces another tryst with air pollution, a nine-year-old climate activist, Licypriya Kangujam has appealed the government to declare health emergency in Delhi, emphasising that people are choking due to the noxious air. ....

The National Green Tribunal on Monday ordered imposition of a total ban on sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in the national capital region or any other city or town across the country where the average ambient air quality from November 9-10 to the midnight of November 30-December 1 falls under the 'poor' and above category. ....

Covid-19 cases shattered all records in the national capital as it reported as many as 7,745 new coronavirus cases and an all-time high positivity rate of 15.26 per cent on Sunday while the fatalities recorded were 77 in the last 24 hours. ....

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday expressed concern over the deteriorating air quality in the national capital which has coincided with the spike in Covid-19 cases. ....

Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital, India's largest Covid hospital run by the Delhi government, appears to be crumbling under the weight of soaring coronavirus cases, with only 6 per cent ventilator beds vacant in the hospital. ....

The national capital has registered only 489 dengue cases so far this year with no deaths from the mosquito-borne tropical disease. ....

The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court's order, which stayed the government's decision to reserve 80 per cent ICU beds for Covid-19 patients in private hospitals. ....