<p>Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev on Monday directed officials to implement all directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs, including re-mapping of containment zones and aggressive contact-tracing, to effectively fight the Covid-19 pandemic in the national capital.</p>.<p>Sources said that in his directions to Principal Secretary (Health) Vikram Dev Dutt and Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar, the chief secretary also asked them to ensure enhanced testing and patient-friendly medical care.</p>.<p>These directions come a day after a high-level committee set up by Union Home Minister Amit Shah recommended quarantine of contacts of all Covid-19 positive cases in Delhi and re-mapping of all containment zones to check the rapid spread of the coronavirus infection in the national capital.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>"The chief secretary has issued directions to the principal secretary (Health) and the divisional commissioner to scrupulously implement all the directions of MHA to aggressively fight Covid-19, including enhanced surveillance, re-mapping of containment zones, enhanced testing, aggressive tracking and patient-friendly medical care," a source said on Monday.</p>.<p>The committee had recommended that containment zones be drawn afresh and strict vigil and control be maintained on their borders and activities inside them, the home ministry had said in a statement.</p>.<p>It had also suggested that contact-tracing be done for all infected people and once identified, such contacts should be quarantined.</p>.<p>The Aarogya Setu and Itihaas apps should be jointly used to accomplish this task, it had said.</p>.<p>The Union home minister had advised the Delhi government to implement the containment strategy recommended by the V K Paul Committee.</p>.<p>Shah had asked Delhi government authorities to take technical help for drawing the new or amended limits for containment zones in Delhi. </p>
<p>Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev on Monday directed officials to implement all directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs, including re-mapping of containment zones and aggressive contact-tracing, to effectively fight the Covid-19 pandemic in the national capital.</p>.<p>Sources said that in his directions to Principal Secretary (Health) Vikram Dev Dutt and Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar, the chief secretary also asked them to ensure enhanced testing and patient-friendly medical care.</p>.<p>These directions come a day after a high-level committee set up by Union Home Minister Amit Shah recommended quarantine of contacts of all Covid-19 positive cases in Delhi and re-mapping of all containment zones to check the rapid spread of the coronavirus infection in the national capital.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>"The chief secretary has issued directions to the principal secretary (Health) and the divisional commissioner to scrupulously implement all the directions of MHA to aggressively fight Covid-19, including enhanced surveillance, re-mapping of containment zones, enhanced testing, aggressive tracking and patient-friendly medical care," a source said on Monday.</p>.<p>The committee had recommended that containment zones be drawn afresh and strict vigil and control be maintained on their borders and activities inside them, the home ministry had said in a statement.</p>.<p>It had also suggested that contact-tracing be done for all infected people and once identified, such contacts should be quarantined.</p>.<p>The Aarogya Setu and Itihaas apps should be jointly used to accomplish this task, it had said.</p>.<p>The Union home minister had advised the Delhi government to implement the containment strategy recommended by the V K Paul Committee.</p>.<p>Shah had asked Delhi government authorities to take technical help for drawing the new or amended limits for containment zones in Delhi. </p>