New Delhi Dec 17 PTI Twelve more people tested positive for the new Covid variant Omicron in Delhi on Friday taking their number to 22 and officials said most of them are fully vaccinated and asymptomaticTen of the 22 patients have been discharged Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain saidA senior doctor at the Lok Nayak Hospital where a special facility has been set up for isolating and treating suspected Omicron cases said most of the patients are fully vaccinated and asymptomaticSome of them have mild symptoms such as mild fever body ache and sore throat he saidThe doctor also said that two Omicron patients are contacts of those who had tested Covid positive upon arrival at the airportLNJP medical director Suresh Kumar said 40 people are currently admitted to the special facility at the Lok Nayak Hospital meant for isolating and treating suspected Omicron casesJain had on Thursday said that many international travellers were turning out Covid positive upon arrival at the Indira Gandhi International AirportOn Tuesday he had said that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has not spread in the community so far and the situation is under controlIn view of the threat posed by the Omicron variant the Delhi health department Friday evening issued an order directing hospitals to augment human resource including doctors nurses paramedics sanitation and security staff on contract or through the existing outsourcing agencies against the vacant posts and extra 25 per cent of the sanctioned strength till March 31Nursing officers and paramedics may be hired up to 40 per cent of the sanctioned strength as per requirement the order read PTI GVS IJT
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): The Delhi government has designated Lok Nayak Hospital as a dedicated hospital to treat patients infected with the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron'.
New Delhi Nov 29 PTI The Delhi Health Department has designated Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital as the dedicated facility to treat patients testing positive for the new COVID-19 variant Omicron The hospital has been asked to earmark wards for isolating and treating such patients The department also said that no patient with the new variant will be denied admission to hospitals on any ground The Union Health Ministry had Sunday issued new guidelines for international travellers for reporting of Omicron which has been classified as variant of concern by the World Health Organization WHO According to the guidelines a separate isolation unit has to be set up for the patients indicating the presence of Omicron Accordingly Lok Nayak Hospital is hereby designated as the dedicated hospital which will treat the patients detected with the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 Lok Nayak Hospital will designate one or more separate wards as per need for isolating and treating such patients the order read Omicron is the fifth WHO-designated variant of concern first identified in South Africa The other four are Alpha Beta Gamma and Delta The WHO has said it is not yet clear if the newly-detected variant is more transmissible or causes more severe disease but authorities across states in India ramped up efforts to deal with the evolving situation Earlier in the day authorities in the national capital ordered RT-PCR testing for all people arriving from high-risk countries genome sequencing of the positive cases and mandatory isolation PTI GVS CK
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