Delhi CM launches an app to fight against Corona

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government on Tuesday announced the launch of an application that will inform people in the city about the availability of the hospital beds and ventilators in the government and private hospitals around them. The new app – Delhi corona app – was launched to bridge the information gap between the citizens and the hospitals in their fight against the covid-19 pandemic.

Kejriwal said the app, developed in-house, will help plug the prevailing “information gap”, manifesting itself in the form of patients and family members running from pillar to post to secure admission in hospitals. However, the CM appealed to people to not press for hospitalisation in cases where doctors advice home quarantine.

“In case you use this app to go to a hospital and seek a bed but are refused, you can call on 1031 and action will be immediately taken. If a bed is available on the app and is being refused, a call will directly go the Special Secretary Health and the bed will be provided,” Mr. Kejriwal added.