new delhi with covid19 on a rampage delhis business community was apprehensive about another lockdown but health minister satyendar jain said on monday that there was no chance of a second closure in the capital he asserted that the third wave in the city had passed its peakdelhi has seen nearly 90 deaths every day for a week with the positive cases around a lakh this month jain on monday said that the government was analysing not only the daily data but also the weekly average which indicated a downturn in covid spreadtimes viewover the past couple of weeks covid19 cases have jumped in delhi the situation is expected to get worse in the coming weeks while increasing the number of icu beds is a good step to meet patients inflow only social distancing and use of masks by all can stem the rise longterm safety norms must be strictly enforcedthere is no need to be worried by the absolute numbers and i can definitely say that the third wave of november has already passed its peak jain said the positivity reached 15 in a single day recently but has not touched that figure againthe minister also said that the lockdown was a learning experience that neednt be repeated we learnt that you can get all the benefits of the lockdown simply by wearing masks he declared so there is no chance of another lockdownearlier a worried chamber of trade and industry appealed to the centre and delhi government against a lockdown cti convener brijesh goyal said rumours were rife about a closure and added before diwali some markets were crowded but now there is no reason for similar crowds in the markets a lockdown therefore wont prove effectiveniranjan poddar president automotive and general traders welfare association of mori gate also argued against a shutdown there were 500 covid cases in delhi when the lockdown was announced when it was relaxed there were 10000 cases noted poddardue to the lockdown tens of thousands of livelihoods were lost closure of markets for the second time will cause huge financial distress to the business community and affect the governments revenue collection the economy is slowly getting back on track so we should not derail it said a trader while jain said peoples response was extreme some were undaunted and did not follow preventive norms while others were too scared to venture out of their houses the business community shouldnt be blamed for the negligence of a few said traderscti chairman subhash khandelwal assured that all market associations have been requested to ensure social distancing masks thermal screening and use of hand sanitiser