Delhi govt received about 1.5 lakh fresh doses of Covishield: Satyendar Jain
The Delhi authorities has received a fresh provide of 1.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines which can enable the vaccination to be carried out for about a day and a half, Health Minister Satyendar Jain stated on Tuesday. Interacting with reporters, he additionally urged folks to not decrease the guard, and reiterated that specialists have already cautioned about the possibility of a 3rd wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Yesterday, 45 cases of Covid were recorded, which is the lowest in about a year and few months. Positivity rate too has remained below 0.10 per cent in the last few days. But as long as this virus is there, we have to be alert and follow all Covid-appropriate behaviour,” Jain stated.
It just isn’t sensible to turn out to be complacent once more as many individuals had turn out to be a number of months earlier than the second wave hit us all, he stated.
On the difficulty of vaccination, he stated there’s a “shortage of doses” which is impeding the drive.
“However, we have received about 1.5 lakh doses last night, of Covishield. But, this would last only for about a day and a half,” he informed reporters.
On accusations on the oxygen demand challenge and the way it affected folks in neighbouring cities of Delhi, Jain stated, “You (media) all reported the oxygen crisis, it was all being covered. And we were trying to serve our people and save lives”.
“Also, in our (Delhi government-run) hospitals, patients from other cities also get free treatment. And on an average about 25 per cent of patients who seek treatment are from outside Delhi. We treat them all the same,” he added.
Delhi was reeling below a brutal second wave of the pandemic.
However, there was a marked enchancment within the coronavirus state of affairs within the final a number of days. The an infection charge, which had reached 36 per cent within the final week of April, has come right down to beneath 0.10 per cent now.
Despite fall in every day instances, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had lately cautioned that the probabilities of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic have been fairly actual and asserted that his authorities was making ready on a “war-footing” to fight it.
On Friday, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) handed a colour-coded response motion plan below which curbs might be applied in accordance with the severity of the COVID-19 state of affairs right here to take care of a attainable third wave of the pandemic.Â
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