Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a six-day lockdown from 10 pm on Monday night till 5 am next Monday in view of an exponential rise in corona virus cases and the city's health system being stretched to its limits.
In 2020, the CISCE had declared the result based on a "special criterion" which included three parameters - the average of a candidates' best three subject marks in the board exam, subject project and practical work, and marks obtained for project and practical work expressed as a percentage.
Patients having mild symptoms of COVID-19 and those living in small houses where they cannot stay isolated will be kept in this centre, he said. Four private hospitals have been entrusted with the responsibility of providing medical and nursing facilities at the centre, he said.
The UPSC or Union Public Service Commission has postponed tests and interviews of several exams owing to the rising number of COVID-19 cases.