New Delhi: With Delhi recording over 8,500 contemporary Covid-19 instances in the final 24 hours, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday dominated out the potential of imposing one other lockdown in the nationwide capital however said contemporary restrictions might be applied quickly to stop the virus surge.
Kejriwal, who was interacting with the media outdoors the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, mentioned the folks will be vaccinated inside two to 3 months in Delhi supplied there are “enough vaccine doses” and the “age bar for vaccination is removed” moreover “approval to open more vaccination centers on a larger scale”.
“Currently, we have vaccines for 7-10 days. There will be no lockdown. New restrictions will be imposed soon,” he added.
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Expressing grave concern over Delhi witnessing the fourth wave of coronavirus, Kejriwal mentioned there’s a want to hurry up the vaccination course of and enhance hospital administration to curb the unfold of an infection and management the rising variety of instances in the nationwide capital.
Kejriwal, who held a evaluation assembly amid the fourth wave of the virus, mentioned that he wouldn’t let Delhiites undergo as his authorities shall fulfill all the necessities of the hospitals.
“Today also I held a review meeting at the LNJP hospital. The Delhi government and all the hospitals are going to replicate the level of preparations we had in November last year when infections were increased during the third wave and the doctors, nurses and health professionals had successfully tackled the situation,” he added.
Kejriwal, who was accompanied by Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Kumar Jain and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Raghav Chaddha throughout his go to to the hospital, had earlier this week written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting that the vaccine must be made accessible to the folks throughout all age teams besides these medically barred from getting the pictures.
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The AAP chief had in his letter additionally requested the Prime Minister to broaden the continuing vaccination drive by permitting faculties and neighborhood centres for use as vaccination websites other than the prevailing healthcare services.
Meanwhile, the cumulative variety of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the nation crossed 9.80 crore right now. According to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, over 34 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been inoculated to the beneficiaries in the final 24 hours.
