New Delhi Mar 31 PTI The NHRC on Thursday issued notice to the Delhi government and the citys police chief over the death of two workers after they fell into a six-foot-deep pit while working at a sewage treatment plant in east Delhis Kondli areaThe Delhi Police has registered a case in connection with the incidentThe NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of yet another incident in the national capital wherein two persons died after falling into a pit at a sewage treatment plant in Kondli on March 30 Reportedly the victims were repairing a motor at the Delhi Jal Board facility the rights panel said in a statementThe Commission said it has issued notices to the Delhi chief secretary commissioner of police and chief executive officer of the Delhi Jal Board seeking a detailed report within four weeksThe report is expected to include action against the responsible official functionaries along with the relief and rehabilitation provided to the next of kin of the deceased persons it added Expressing serious concern over the continued incidents of deaths in sewage-related work in the absence of proper equipment and safety measures the Commission has observed that apparently due diligence is not being exercised by the authorities concerned despite directions from the apex court and NHRCs own interventionsThe Commission time and again has emphasised that the health and safety of sewage workers is of prime importance and any laxity on the part of the employer poses a serious threat to the right to life and right to health of these workers the statement saidThere should be systemic efforts to take care of their safety concerns and health hazards Appropriate training use of technology and proper equipment can go a long way in mitigating the risks to which these workers are exposed to it said PTI KND RHL

New Delhi Mar 29 PTI Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday inaugurated a 100-bed portable integrated care centre at the Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College here which is also equipped with an oxygen plantHe tweeted pictures from the programme and said this facility will aid in increasing the bed capacity in case of any crisisInaugurated 100 Bedded Portable Integrated Care Centre in Ayurvedic Unani Tibbia College It is a fully equipped facility that has 18 ICU and 82 Oxygen beds with an oxygen PSA plant of 250 LPM This facility will aid in increasing the bed capacity in case of any crisis he tweetedOn March 23 Jain had inaugurated a hi-tech medical equipment at LNJP Hospital that can detect urinary bladder-related problems through a camera and help children with urological and gastrointestinal diseasesThe minister had said that it was a first-of-its-kind video-urodynamic system at the largest facility of the Delhi government PTI KND TDS TDS

New Delhi Mar 26 PTI Delhi on Saturday reported 120 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero death while the positivity rate stood at 044 per cent according to data shared by the city health departmentThese cases came out of the 27182 tests conducted a day agoWith 120 fresh cases the national capitals case count increased to1864478 while the death toll stood at 26150 the latest health bulletin statedDelhi on Friday had reported 112 cases with a positivity rate of 041 per cent and one deathOn multiple days in March the city has recorded zero fatality countThe number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28867 on January 13The city had recorded a positivity rate of 306 per cent on January 14 the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemicAmid decline in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi the number of patients underhomeisolationhere has also significantly fallen in the last few weeksThe total number home isolation cases as on February 1 had stood at 12312 and on March 26 it dipped to 322The number of containment zones which were also slowly falling in this period also registered adipin its count to 2902 on March 26 according to official figures shared by the health departmentThe surge in Covid cases in Delhi during the third wave of the pandemic was largely due to the Omicron variant of the virus which is highly transmissibleThere are 9805 beds for Covid patients in Delhi hospitals and 86 088 per cent of them were occupiedA total of 86 Covid patients were in hospitals the Saturday health department bulletin stated PTI KND RHL

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI Standing Committee of the BJP-led EDMC on Thursday passed a resolution seeking scrapping of commissioners power to appoint officers on deputation officials saidIn the resolution passed by the panel of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation it also posited that any matter of such deputation be put forth before the EDMC House to seek its approvalStanding Committee today passed a resolution seeking scrapping of commissioners power to appoint officers on deputation officials said According to the resolution several councillors have been aggrieved allegedly due to some officers on deputation not responding to the issues raised by them The resolution will now go to the executive wing which will examine it sources said PTI KND RHL

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday inaugurated a hi-tech medical equipment at LNJP Hospital that can can detect urinary bladder problems through a camera and thus help children with urological and gastrointestinal diseases The minister took to Twitter to announce the inauguration of a first-of-its-kind video-urodynamic system at the largest facility of the Delhi government This advanced equipment can detect urinary bladder problems through a camera and thus help children with urological gastrointestinal diseases It is further equipped to provide therapy as well he tweeted The first case of Covid-19 in Delhi was reported in March 2020 and since then the LNJP Hospital the largest facility of the city government has been at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic in the national capital having treated domestic patients as well as those from foreign countries in three successive waves the last being fuelled by the Omicron variant Jain recently had tweeted that for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 LNJP Hospital did not have a single patient of coronavirus admitted at the facility and all such patients had been discharged One of the key hospitals in Delhi built during the British-era it is located in central Delhi and has 2000 beds PTI KND RCJ RCJ

New Delhi Mar 21 PTI Over 31000 children between 12-14 years were vaccinated against COVID-19 in Delhi on MondayThe vaccination for this age group commenced on March 16Till 730 PM on Monday 31192 children were administered the jab in the city as the exercise to vaccinate the younger population picked up paceAs many as 6416 children were vaccinated in northeast Delhi the highest among all the districts The district had recorded the highest figures on March 16 tooCentral Delhi recorded the lowest figures at 1238 Southeast district where there was zero vaccination on the first day saw 2545 children receiving the first jab of the Biological Es Corbevax vaccineAbout six to seven lakh children in the age bracket of 12 to 14 are eligible for vaccination in the cityDelhi on Monday reported 108 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality while the positivity rate stood at 049 per cent according to data shared by the citys health departmentWith this the national capitals case count increased to 1863899 while the death toll stood at 26147 the health bulletin statedThe Centre had recently released guidelines for Covid vaccination of children aged 12-14 and said only the Corbevax vaccine would be used for the beneficiaries in this age groupAccording to it vaccination of 12-14 years would be conducted through dedicated inoculation sessions to avoid their unintended vaccination with any other COVID-19 vaccines PTI KND RHL

New Delhi Mar 21 PTI Congress Delhi unit chief Anil Chaudhary on Monday alleged that corruption has become all-pervasive in various departments of the AAP-led Delhi government and said the DPCC will approach the newly-appointed Lokayukta to expose it Addressing a press conference at the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee DPCC office here Aam Aadmi Party convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has done nothing to tackle corruption in the city government in the last seven yearsThere was no immediate reaction from AAP or the Delhi governmentKejriwal created a false narrative in Punjab to mislead the people there as they were not aware of the vitiated ground reality in Delhi Chaudhary allegedBut the Delhi Congress will expose him as well as his ministers and MLAs corruption threadbare and will approach the newly-appointed Lokayukta to get the corrupt punished he claimedHe also alleged that the new Excise Policy was implemented in violation of all the rules and regulations and that the DPCC will take this matter to court PTI KND RHL

New Delhi Mar 19 PTI Delhi on Saturday reported 61 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death while the positivity rate stood at 068 per cent according to data shared by the city health departmentThe relatively lower number of cases came out of the lesser number of tests -- 9011 -- conducted a day ago which was a holiday in view of Holi festivalWith 61 fresh cases the national capitals case count increased to1863694 while the death toll rose to 26146 the latest health bulletin statedDelhi on Friday had reported 140 new cases with a positivity rate of 043 per cent and zero death The city on Thursday had logged 148 cases with a positivity rate of 047 per cent and one deathOn March 5 6 10 11 13 and 14 also the city had recorded zero fatality count The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28867 on January 13The city had recorded a positivity rate of 306 per cent on January 14 the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemicAmid a decline in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi the number of patients underhomeisolationhere has also significantly fallen in the last few weeksThe total number of home isolation cases as on February 1 had stood at 12312 and on March 19 it dipped to 393The number of containment zones which were also slowly falling in this period also registered adipin its count to 3171 on March 19 according to official figures shared by the health departmentThe surge in Covid cases in Delhi during the third wave of the pandemic was largely due to the Omicron variant of the virus which is highly transmissibleThere are 10244 beds for Covid patients in Delhi hospitals and 75 073 per cent of them were occupiedA total of 75 Covid patients were in hospitals the Saturday health department bulletin stated PTI KND RHL

New Delhi Mar 18 PTI Delhi on Friday reported 140 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero death while the positivity rate stood at 043 per cent according to data shared by the city health departmentWith this the national capitals case count increased to1863633 while the death toll stood at 26145 the latest health bulletin statedThe number of COVID-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 32444 it saidDelhi on Thursday had logged 148 cases with a positivity rate of 047 per cent and one deathOn March 5 6 10 11 13 and 14 also the city had recorded zero fatality countThe number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28867 on January 13 The city had recorded a positivity rate of 306 per cent on January 14 the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemic PTI KND ANB ANB

New Delhi Feb 28 PTI Delhi on Monday reported 258 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero death while the positivity rate stood at 071 per cent according to data shared by the city health departmentThe zero Covid fatality count in a day recorded in the city comes after a gap of nearly two monthsWith 258 fresh cases the national capitals case count increased to1859892 The death toll stood at 26122 the latest health bulletin statedThe number of COVID-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 36584 it saidDelhi had on Sunday recorded 484 cases with a positivity rate of 095 per cent and three deathsDelhi on January 31 last year had recorded zero death and 1796 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 244 per centThe number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28867 on January 13 The city had recorded a positivity rate of 306 per cent on January 14 the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemic Amid decline in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi the number of patients underhomeisolationhere has also significantly fallen in the last two weeksThe total number of home isolation cases as on February 1 had stood at 12312 and on February 28 it dipped to 1471The number of containment zones which were also slowly falling in this period also registered adipin its count to 4626 on February 28 according to official figures shared by the health departmentThe surge in Covid cases in Delhi during the third wave of the pandemic was largely due to the Omicron variant of the virus which is highly transmissibleThere are 11045 beds for Covid patients in Delhi hospitals and 167 151 per cent of them were occupied A total of 167 Covid patients were in hospitals the Friday health department bulletin stated PTI KND SRY