TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Union home minister Amit Shah has said that remarks made by Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in early June about the national capital reaching 5.5 lakh COVID-19 cases by the end of July had created “fear” among people and he expressed confidence that the stage will not be reached. He also said that there was no community transmission of the disease in the national capital.
In an interview, Shah said a series of steps had been taken to contain the virus and multi-agency meetings had been held to improve coordination at various levels. “Around the second week of June, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said that by July 31 there will be 5.50 lakh persons infected with the virus.
He said that there will be no place left, no beds left and the situation will be difficult. This created a lot of fear in the minds of people in Delhi. His estimate was based on figures. I do not want to go into whether estimate was right or wrong. But a situation of fear arose and some people started mulling an exodus (out of Delhi),” said Shah.
