Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called two meetings on Friday to discuss preparations for the possible third wave of coronavirus.

''The Chief Minister will meet the expert committee at 11 and the preparation committee at 3,” the CM’s office said in a tweet. The Delhi government had on May 27 set up a 13-member committee to prepare an action plan for a possible third wave of COVID-19 after assessing the current status and projected requirement of the health infrastructure such as hospitals, oxygen plants and drug supplies in the city.  Another eight-member expert committee was set up to devise a strategy for mitigation and management of the third wave of COVID-19.

The Delhi government is currently considering four scenarios for a possible third wave of COVID-19 in the city. In one of the scenarios, the daily new cases could be as high as 45,432, as per an official report seen.

In the first scenario, the daily new cases could be as high as 28,395, which is the same as the second wave. In the second scenario, it could be 36,914, which is 30 percent more than the second wave. According to the third estimate, the number shoots to 45,432, which is 60 percent more. The fourth projection offers a bit of respite, with the case count expected to be around 15,000.

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