The new-found spirit of friendship between the Arvind Kejriwal-led federal government of Delhi and the BJP-led Centre has not come a moment too early. Delhi remains in the grip of the pandemic, and its action had actually been disorderly up until recently. The Centre and Mr. Kejriwal have had a long history of mutual hostility, affecting the city’s pandemic readiness. On March 4, there was simply a single case. Since June 16, 44,688 favorable cases and 1,837 deaths have actually been tape-recorded. Meanwhile, grievances of denial of patient care, exploitative billing by private health centers, and deliberate efforts to underreport cases and deaths have surfaced. Whether there is community spread or not, in half of the cases, the infection source is unknown. The nationwide capital is gazing at an even bleaker situation ahead, as cases are anticipated to cross 5.5