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Inoculation not only option, follow health norms: Bengal docs
By IANS| Published: 16th January 2021 11:53 pm IST
Kolkata, Jan 16 : As the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination begun on Saturday, doctors in West Bengal asked the people to continue maintaining the health protocols and hygiene to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
West Bengal’s Health Services Director Ajay Chakraborty while monitoring the vaccination drive across the state said that the inoculation is not the last and only resort, but people should follow all the necessary health protocols and hygiene already enforced in public life after the outbreak of the pandemic early last year.
Updated Dec 27, 2020 | 11:30 IST
Nine hospitals have 2,410 beds of which 285 are in three private hospitals. 1,700 of these beds are now empty. Two to three government hospitals to treat Covid in Kolkata after cases reduce. | Photo Credit: PTI
Kolkata: The state government is all set to reduce Covid beds, with occupancy falling to 30%. The treatment will be restricted to 2-3 government facilities in the city.
The Infectious Diseases and Beliaghata General Hospital and KS Roy TB Hospital in Jadavpur have been designated as the two hospitals that would handle Kolkata’s Covid burden where the rest of government units go for a gradual withdrawal of Covid treatment.