Fury as Delhi luxury hotel booked as Covid-19 hospital for court staff, South Asia News & Top Stories


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NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - Authorities in Delhi ordered a luxury hotel to be converted into a Covid-19 health facility for the exclusive use of high court judges and their families, drawing outrage in a city that has no hospital beds or life-saving oxygen for hundreds of people. The local government said in a public notice on Monday night (April 26) that it had received a request from the Delhi High Court because of the rapid rise in coronavirus infections and had reserved 100 rooms at the Ashoka Hotel for the higher judiciary. The Delhi High court denied it had sought...