Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said community transmission of the coronavirus is prevalent in the Capital, but only the Centre or the Indian Council of Medical Research can comment on it. Community spread, or the third stage of a pandemic, is declared when the source of infection is not known.
“When people in such large numbers are getting infected in Delhi and other parts of the country, it should’ve been admitted that there is community spread…but only ICMR or Central government can comment on this,” Jain said. He added that “community spread” is a technical term and that scientists are better equipped to certify it, according to NDTV.
The health minister also said that doubling rate in Delhi is around 40 days. “The positivity rate in Delhi was 6.76% yesterday,” Jain said. “Last week, it was more than 8%. This is the first time that the…