Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Sunday reviewed various aspects of COVID-19 preparedness in Delhi. Officials of Delhi government made a presentation in the meeting, covering issues of recent trends in active cases, deaths and positivity rate, availability and expansion plans of medical infrastructure and status of oxygen availability. The meeting was attended by Home Secretary, NITI Aayog Member VK Paul, Delhi Chief Secretary and other senior officials.<br />'' <br />''The Cabinet Secretary emphasized the need to ramp up the medical infrastructure in Delhi, at the earliest, to cater to the increasing demand for COVID beds, ICUs and ventilators. He also stressed the need to make available all relevant information on COVID beds and other facilities and medicine availability to the public, through dedicated websites and apps. He asked for a single helpline to be created at the front end, to provide relevant clinical information to the needy people. He said the helpline can be serviced through a dedicated and well-staffed call centre.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">On issues related to availability of oxygen, the Cabinet Secretary expressed his anguish at recent instances, where people suffered due to lack of adequate and timely availability of oxygen. He asked the Delhi Government to make all out efforts to lift their allocated oxygen, using all the means at their disposal. He also asked city government to ensure that the oxygen available to them is distributed rationally and in a transparent manner, so that there is no diversion or leakage. On the issue of adequate medical and healthcare human resources, he asked the Delhi Government to create flexible procedures to engage the services of retired medical professionals. Cabinet Secretary also asked for further augmentation of testing facilities and timely availability of test results.</span><br />