On a day when Delhi once again recorded over 100 deaths due to coronavirus, the Kejriwal government directed health teams to visit Covid-19 patients who are in home isolation and ensure they follow all norms. The government has also increased the capacity of RT-PCR testing capacity to 37,000 tests per day.
On a day when Delhi once again recorded over 100 deaths due to coronavirus, the Kejriwal government directed health teams to visit Covid-19 patients who are in home isolation and ensure they follow all norms. The government has also increased the capacity of RT-PCR testing capacity to 37,000 tests per day.
Meanwhile, as many as 411 ICU beds have been added in hospitals run by the Delhi government and the Centre in the last five days. Earlier the AAP government had announced reservation of 80% of ICU beds in Delhi’s private hospitals for Covid-19 patients.
Delhi on Saturday recorded 5,879 coronavirus cases and 6,963 recoveries. Delhi also saw 111 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, taking the death toll to 8,270. Delhi’s coronavirus tally rose to 5,23,117 on Saturday.
Delhi has witnessed a spurt in coronavirus cases since October 28, when the daily caseload breached the 5,000-mark for the first time and recorded the highest single-day spike of 8,593 cases on November 11.
Delhi govt measures to check coronavirus:
1. “Several private hospitals have also added more ICU beds after they were told to reserve 80% of them for Covid-19 patients,” an official said.
2. A day after hiking the penalty for various violations, the Delhi Police on Saturday imposed the fine of Rs 2,000 on more than 1,300 people till 4 pm in the city.
3. A spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday said that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has increased the capacity of enhanced the capacity of daily RT-PCR tests in Delhi to 37,200 following the direction of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
“ICMR has increased RT-PCR testing capacity from 27,000 tests/day to 37,200 RT-PCR tests per day on directions of HM @AmitShah. 30,735 RT-PCR samples were collected in Delhi on 19 Nov as compared to 12,055 RT-PCR samples on 15 November,” the spokesperson tweeted.
It stated that all cases of symptomatic negatives of rapid antigen tests should be re-tested with follow-up RT-PCR tests, which are considered the gold standard for Covid-19 testing.
4. Delhi government has directed district officials to visit Covid-19 patients under home isolation and ensure that they follow isolation rules. “Patients under home isolation should be regularly evaluated and physically visited by health teams to ensure proper adherence to isolation standards,” the order stated said.
In an order, the health department said contact tracing should be paid proper attention. It should be ensured that the contacts traced are subjected to immediate testing and kept under effective isolation until the test result comes.
5. Delhi government had earlier ordered an analysis of coronavirus cases emerging from entertainment areas, markets, workplaces and metro-like services on an urgent basis to identify possible clusters and immediate containment measures.
6. The Delhi government on Friday issued a notification, saying that spitting and consumption of tobacco in public places, violation of Covid-19 quarantine rules, not wearing of masks and not maintaining social distancing would attract a fine of Rs 2,000.
7. According to official data shared by the police, out of the 1,358 challans issued on Saturday, 1,306 were for not wearing mask violation, one for spitting and 51 for those found violating social-distancing norms.
8. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated a blood donation camp in Delhi and said donating blood is a great virtue that has health benefits too.
indiatoday.in
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