No student or staff should be allowed entry into school premises without thermal scanning and if any of them tests Covid positive, the institute’s authorities must take appropriate quarantine measures, according to Delhi government guidelines for schools. The guidelines were issued in the wake of a spike in coronavirus patients in the city that on … Read more
A total of 91,671 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease so far, including 44 on Saturday, he said. Meghalaya on Saturday recorded 24 new COVID-19 cases, two less than the previous day, pushing the caseload to 93,437, while two more deaths took the toll to 1,577, health officials said. Of the new infections, East … Read more
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday that the number of beds reserved for COVID-19 patients is being increased at a few hospitals in view of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the national capital. Delhi reported 992 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with a positivity rate of 2.70 per cent, while four more people … Read more
As the cases of Coronavirus in the national capital have started decreasing over the last few days, the availability of hospital beds for Coronavirus patients have shown an uptick by as many as 30 percent, the Indian Express reported. Out of a total of 18,691 beds spread across the 134 hospitals in the city, about … Read more
A nation-wide survey conducted by IQVIA assessing the impact on patient care has shown a nearly 80% drop-in surgeries accompanied by a 70% delay in operations owing to COVID- 19. By Dr. Sandeep Arora COVID-19 has evolved into the world’s most significant healthcare and economic crisis witnessed in the last century. The crisis that it … Read more
He also said that it would have been apt for the government to hold consultation with the association before passing the orders. The Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI) has requested the Delhi government headed by Arvind Kejriwal to roll back the order passed for the private hospitals in the city to reserve 80 … Read more
Delhi government’s Corona App has pointed out that as much as 68 per cent of ICU beds (non-ventilator) in the city are occupied. With a spike in the number of Coronavirus cases reported in Delhi, hospitals are in action to increase the number of ICU beds, as per the direction of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. … Read more
The chief minister said that the government has issued directions for stringent enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines, adding that everyone should wear face mask and maintain social distancing at public places. (File photo: IE) COVID-19 tests in Delhi will be doubled to 40,000 per day within a week as there has been a marginal increase in … Read more