Manish Sisodia, the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, on Tuesday said that there are no instances of community transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the national capital, even though Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain had provided conflicting remarks on the matter. Earlier, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain had hinted that community transmission was already occurring in the national capital as more than half the cases of infection could not be traced. "We call it community transmission when we cannot trace the source of the infection. The minister said that declaring the 'community transmission' phase can only be done by the central government authorities. Since it is a technical term, it depends on the Centre whether they accept it or not," said Satyendra Jain.

Source: dna June 09, 2020 08:15 UTC