New Delhi Dec 24 PTI Multi-vitamins and paracetamol tablets were the only treatment provided to Omicron patients at Delhis Lok Nayak hospital so far doctors said on FridayThe LNJP Hospital which is the Delhi governments largest healthcare facility has reported 40 cases of the latest coronavirus variant of concern till now Nineteen of these patients have already been dischargedA senior doctor at the hospital said around 90 per cent of the patients are asymptotic and the rest showed mild symptoms like sore throat low-grade fever and body acheThe treatment included only multi-vitamins and paracetamol tablets We didnt feel the need to give them any other medicine he saidThe doctor said most of the patients are those who tested COVID-19 positive at the airport upon arrival from foreign countriesBarring one all are fully vaccinated and around two-thirds of them have taken the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Three have even taken booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine he addedThe patients included an MP of an African country a member of a royal family from a north Indian state and family members of bureaucrats a source saidAccording to data from the Union Health Ministry Delhi has logged 67 Omicron cases so far of which 23 have been dischargedBesides the LNJP Hospital Sir Ganga Ram City Hospital Max Hospital Saket Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj and Batra Hospital in Tughlakabad have also set up facilities for isolating and treating suspected cases of Omicron following orders from the Delhi governmentGenome sequencing of samples of all COVID-19-infected people in Delhi is being conducted since December 22 to ascertain if the new Omicron variant has spread in the communityThe Delhi government-run labs at the Lok Nayak Hospital and the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences can sequence 100 samples each day Two Centre-run labs in Delhi can sequence 200-300 samples a day according to city Health Minister Satyendar JainAnticipating a surge in Covid cases due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said his government has made preparations to handle one lakh patients and conduct three lakh tests daily and to ensure availability of enough manpower medicines and oxygenHe stressed that the latest variant of the coronavirus spreads rapidly and claimed that it causes very mild infection fewer hospitalisations and deathsTherefore the government has been focusing on strengthening its home-isolation module and directions have been issued to hire agencies for treating patients at their homes he said PTI GVS NSD NSD

New Delhi Dec 24 PTI Multi-vitamins and paracetamol were the only treatment provided to Omicron patients at Delhis Lok Nayak hospital so far doctors said on FridayThe LNJP Hospital which is the Delhi governments largest healthcare facility has reported 40 cases of the new coronavirus variant of concern till now Nineteen of these patients have already been dischargedA senior doctor at the hospital said around 90 per cent of the patients are asymptotic and the rest showed mild symptoms like sore throat low-grade fever and body acheThe treatment included only multi-vitamins and paracetamol tablets We didnt feel the need to give them any other medicine he saidThe doctor said most of the patients are those who tested COVID-19 positive at the airport upon arrival from foreign countries Most of them are fully vaccinated and three-four have even taken booster shots he addedThe patients included an MP of an African country a member of a royal family from a north Indian state and family members of bureaucrats a source saidAccording to data from the Union Health Ministry Delhi has logged 67 Omicron cases so far of which 23 have been dischargedBesides the LNJP Hospital Sir Ganga Ram City Hospital Max Hospital Saket Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj and Batra Hospital in Tughlakabad have also set up facilities for treating and isolating suspected cases of Omicron following orders from the city governmentGenome sequencing of samples of all COVID-19-infected people in Delhi is being conducted since Wednesday December 22 to ascertain if the new Omicron variant has spread in the communityThe Delhi government-run labs at the Lok Nayak hospital and the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences can sequence 100 samples each day Two Centre-run labs in Delhi can sequence 200-300 samples a day according to city Health Minister Satyendar JainAnticipating a surge in Covid cases due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said his government has made preparations to handle one lakh patients and conduct three lakh tests daily and to ensure availability of enough manpower medicines and oxygenKejriwal stressed that the latest variant of the coronavirus spreads rapidly and claimed that it causes very mild infection fewer hospitalisations and deathsTherefore the government has been focusing on strengthening its home-isolation module and directions have been issued to hire agencies for treating patients at their homes he said PTI GVS IJT