54 Omicron cases in Delhi 3 have no travel history Satyendar Jain
New Delhi Dec 21 PTI Three out of the 34 Omicron-positive cases reported at the Lok Nayak Hospital here do not have travel history Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on TuesdayThe minister said the number of Omicron cases in the capital has increased to 54The LNJP Hospital has reported 34 cases of Omicron so far Seventeen of them have been discharged Of the 34 patients three do not have travel history We are trying to ascertain if they came in contact with Omicron-infected people who returned from foreign countries Jain told reporters hereLast week the Delhi government had asked four private hospitals — Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Rajinder Nagar Max Hospital in Saket Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj and Batra Hospital in Tughlakabad — to set up facilities for treating and isolating suspected cases of OmicronWe have also come across some international travellers who tested negative for COVID-19 before taking a flight to Delhi but came out positive upon arrival at the airport Jain saidHe said Omicron originated in a foreign country and stopping all international flights is the only way to contain the spread of the new variant of concernHe said the state-run genome sequencing labs at Lok Nayak Hospital and Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences can sequence more than 100 samples a dayAccording to the directions of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal genome sequencing of all Covid-positive samples is being done in Delhi Jain saidEarlier in the day the health minister inaugurated the advanced life support ambulance service at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya in east DelhiThis ambulance is equipped with modern facilities like incubators monitors and oxygen therapy for newborn babies It can also be used as an operation theatre in case of an emergencyJain thanked the Seed India Foundation for donating the ambulance PTI GVS DIV DIV
New Delhi Dec 21 PTI Three out of the 34 Omicron-positive cases reported at the Lok Nayak Hospital here do not have travel history Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on TuesdayThe minister said the number of Omicron cases in the capital has increased to 54The LNJP Hospital has reported 34 cases of Omicron so far Seventeen of them have been discharged Of the 34 patients three do not have travel history We are trying to ascertain if they came in contact with Omicron-infected people who returned from foreign countries Jain told reporters hereLast week the Delhi government had asked four private hospitals — Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Rajinder Nagar Max Hospital in Saket Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj and Batra Hospital in Tughlakabad — to set up facilities for treating and isolating suspected cases of OmicronWe have also come across some international travellers who tested negative for COVID-19 before taking a flight to Delhi but came out positive upon arrival at the airport Jain saidHe said Omicron originated in a foreign country and stopping all international flights is the only way to contain the spread of the new variant of concernHe said the state-run genome sequencing labs at Lok Nayak Hospital and Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences can sequence more than 100 samples a dayAccording to the directions of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal genome sequencing of all Covid-positive samples is being done in Delhi Jain saidEarlier in the day the health minister inaugurated the advanced life support ambulance service at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya in east DelhiThis ambulance is equipped with modern facilities like incubators monitors and oxygen therapy for newborn babies It can also be used as an operation theatre in case of an emergencyJain thanked the Seed India Foundation for donating the ambulance PTI GVS DIV DIV
