New Delhi Dec 24 PTI Delhi government is in process of roping NGOs for strengthening its health infrastructure and manpower in view of rising cases of Omicron in the national capital A cabinet not for hiring Doctors for You for providing manpower for running 3 DCHCS Sawan Kripal Ashram Sardar Patel Chattarpur Sant Nirankari Burari and Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia Hospital has been put up for approval according to an official documentation Doctors for You has already been engaged for DCHCS including Shehnai Banquet Hall Commonwealth Games Village Hall Rouse Avenue School and Yamuna Sports Complex the document statedDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had yesterday announced that since Omicron infection does not require hospitalisation in most cases the home-isolation module is being strengthened and an agency was being hired for itThe capacity to follow up patients in home isolation will be increased from the current 1100 cases daily to one lakh each day As soon as someone tests positive a phone call will be made to the person and the next day a medical team will visit the person to provide him with a kit containing medicines and other itemsAlso patients in home isolation will be counselled by the doctors for 10 daysl The government will also increase daily Covid tests capacity from around 60000 to 70000 at present to three lakh per day A two-month stock of required medicines will also be maintained the Chief Minister had added PTI GJS RCJ

New Delhi Dec 22 PTI Genome sequencing of samples of all COVID-19-infected people in Delhi began Wednesday to ascertain if the new Omicron variant has spread in the community Health Minister Satyendar Jain said The national capital is recording around 100-125 cases a day while it has the capacity of genome sequencing of 400-500 samples dailyThe 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 So 400-500 samples can be analysed in a day Jain saidAround 100 to 125 new cases are emerging every day Samples of all COVID-19 patients will be sequenced from Wednesday Through this we will be able to ascertain the number of cases from the society Till now the maximum number of Omicron cases have come from foreign countries sic he told reportersJain had said Tuesday that three Omicron patients in Delhi had no travel historyThe total number of Omicron cases in the national capital mounted to 57 according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry on WednesdayAt least 18 Omicron patients have been dischargedFollowing a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Monday Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced that samples of all Covid-positive patients would be sent for genome sequencingThe DDMA on Wednesday directed district magistrates to ensure no Christmas and New Year gathering takes place in the national capitalHowever restaurants and bars will continue to operate with up to 50 per cent of the seating capacity Marriage-related gatherings are permitted with a maximum of 200 people in attendance PTI GVS TIR TIR