The government has also directed that all these hospitals declared as fully Covid hospitals will not admit any non-Covid patients till further order.
NEW DELHI: In view of exponential surge of Covid-19 cases in the capital, the health department of the Delhi government has declared as many as 14 big private hospitals as fully Covid care centres on Monday.
The decision came hours after Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal chaired an emergency meeting in view of Covid-19 situation in the capital on Monday.
14 pvt hospitals declared full covid. In other hospitals beds increased from 50 to 60%. Total 2060 beds increased i… https://t.co/M2cXVzxgPM Satyendar Jain (@SatyendarJain) 1618234836000
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COVID-19 vaccination: Uddhav Thackeray asks PM Modi to reduce eligible age to 25 yrs
Saying that the second wave of the coronavirus is much stronger than the first wave in the state, Thackeray said Maharashtra is taking up vaccination at a rapid pace.
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Thackeray urged PM Modi to reduce the age for getting COVID-19 vaccination to 25 years.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking to reduce the age for getting COVID-19 vaccination to 25 years.
Saying that the second wave of the coronavirus is much stronger than the first wave in the state, Thackeray said Maharashtra is taking up vaccination at a rapid pace and is the number 1 state in the country in terms of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered.
For the first time in 10 months, no COVID-19 death reported in last 24 hours in Delhi
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain took to Twitter to announce the welcome news and wrote: Today no death has been reported due to COVID infection. Delhi s collective will is gradually winning over the infection.
However, Delhi reported 100 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours. (Image: Reuters)
Delhi has reported zero COVID-19 death in the past 24 hours for the first time in 10 months since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain took to Twitter to announce the welcome news on February 9 and wrote: Today no death has been reported due to COVID infection. Delhi s collective will is gradually winning over the infection. I congratulate the people of Delhi for taking proper precautions and our healthcare and front-line workers who have fought this battle tooth and nail.