Satyendar Jain on Monday attributed the high COVID-19 death rate in the city to the pollution caused by stubble-burning and expected a downtrend in it in the next two-three weeks.The minister told reporters here that the pollution due to stubble-burning created a big problem in Delhi.
It caused problems in breathing and those who had COVID-19 inhaled the smoke, which aggravated the seriousness, he said.Its effect on the city's COVID-19 death rate will go away in the next two-three weeks since pollution due to stubble-burning has lessened in the last few days, he said."There was heavy pollution due to stubble-burning amid the COVID-19 pandemic and it came as a double attack.