Delhi to Close its Covid Care Centre, World's Largest, as Cases Decline
News 18The Union Home Ministry has directed a phased closure of two special and temporary COVID care centres in the city in view of "continuous decline" in coronavirus cases, officials said on Tuesday. While the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel COVID hospital located in the Delhi Cantonment area is managed by the DRDO, the Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre operational in south Delhi's Chhattarpur area is managed by the ITBP. The MHA said the two centres are being closed "due to continuous decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Territory of Delhi vis-a-vis adequate availability of medical facilities". The two centres were created as a special temporary measure as Delhi was witnessing a spike in COVID-19 cases in the middle of last year and Home Minister Amit Shah subsequently chaired a number of review meetings and declared operalisation of these facilities with assistance from the DRDO and the ITBP with the Delhi government pitching in with its resources.. Read all the Latest News, Breaking News and Coronavirus News here