New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday (May 10) stated Delhi has only one day’s Covaxin stock left and its Covishield doses will final for simply three to 4 days.
The minister’s remarks got here a day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the Centre to direct producers to extend vaccine provides to the capital between May and July.
“Covaxin doses can last as long as one day only, whereas Covishield doses can last as long as three to 4 days,” Jain instructed reporters after reviewing preparations at Guru Teg Bahadur COVID Care Centre at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in central Delhi.
Delhi has thus far acquired 5.5 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines for the 18-44 class, and over 43 lakh doses for 45-plus, and healthcare and frontline staff, in response to authorities information launched on Sunday (May 9).
Around 39 lakh doses have been administered within the nationwide capital thus far.
Till Sunday night, Delhi had 4.65 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines out there for these above 45, and healthcare and frontline staff, whereas 2.74 lakh doses have been out there for the 18-44 age class.
The well being minister stated the dip within the positivity charge and the variety of new infections over the past fortnight is a “glimmer of hope”.
“The number of cases has reduced from around 28,000 to 13,000 now. The positivity rate has come down from a high of 36 per cent to around 20 per cent,” Jain stated.
He, nonetheless, stated there isn’t any room for any leniency and urged everybody to maintain their guard up.
Jain stated the 400-bed Guru Teg Bahadur COVID Care Centre has been connected with the Delhi government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital.
The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee has offered the infrastructure for the power and the Delhi authorities has given medical help, he stated.
Manjinder Singh Sirsa, president of the DSGMC, stated the COVID care centre will probably be managed by 50 medical doctors from LNJP Hospital. They will probably be supported by a crew of 150 nurses and ward boys.
All beds have oxygen concentrators. The facility has a backup of 150 D-type cylinders. It has all of the important medicine, together with Remdesivir and Fabiflu, used within the therapy of COVID-19, Sirsa stated.
“Patients who need up to 20 litres per minute of oxygen can be treated here,” he stated, including that the therapy and meals will probably be fully free.
(inputs from PTI)
