New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Precaution dose of COVID vaccine will be helpful to boost immunity and is important to protect family and society against the pandemic, said Dr Suresh Kumar, MD, LNJP hospital Delhi on Monday.

New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): With the uptick in Delhi COVID-19 cases, Dr Suresh Kumar, Medical Director, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital said precautions dose will help curb the transmission chain in the ongoing surge and urged citizens to take the jabs on priority.

New Delhi Apr 23 PTI Delhi reported 1094 fresh COVID-19 infections and two deaths due to the disease on Saturday as the positivity rate rose to 482 per cent according to data shared by the health departmentA total of 22614 Covid tests were conducted in the city a day ago the data showed The COVID-19 infection tally in the national capital now stands at 1873793 and the death toll at 26166Delhi had logged 1042 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 464 per cent and two fatalities due to the infection on FridayOn Thursday the city reported 965 COVID-19 cases and a single fatality with a positivity rate of 471 per centWith the national capital witnessing a spurt in COVID-19 cases in the past few days the number of active cases of the disease in the city has now increased to 3705 from 601 on April 11However the hospitalisation rate has so far been low accounting for less than three per cent of the total active cases according to the dataThere are 79 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Delhi at present while 2532 are recuperating in home-isolationOf the 9489 beds available for Covid patients in various hospitals just 101 106 per cent are occupied as per the dataIn the wake of rising cases the Delhi government on Friday issued an order directing authorities to impose a fine of Rs 500 on people not wearing masks at public placesThe fine will not apply to people travelling together in private four-wheelers it saidThe government had lifted the fine for not wearing masks on April 12 because of a decline in the number of daily casesThe decision to bring back the mask mandate at public places and impose the fine on violators came at a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA which devises Covid management policies for the national capitalThe city health department said that from Thursday Delhi has started providing free COVID-19 precautionary doses to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centresDelhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid-infected people to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the city PTI SLB IJT

Wellington [New Zealand], April 23 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron XE variant at the border, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday.

New Delhi Apr 22 PTI Delhi logged 1042 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 464 per cent while two persons died due to the infection according to data shared by the city health department on FridayA total of 22442 tests were conducted in the city a day ago the data showed The cumulative caseload in the national capital stands at 1872699 while the death toll is 26164Delhi had reported one death and 965 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 471 per cent on Thursday It had logged one death and 1009 Covid cases on Wednesday with a positivity rate of 57 per centOn Tuesday Delhi had reported 632 cases with a positivity rate of 442 per cent A day before the city reported 501 cases with a positivity rate of 772 per centWith the national capital seeing a spurt in COVID-19 cases in the past few days the number of active cases has increased to 3253 from 601 on April 11However the hospitalisation rate has so far been low accounting for less than three per cent of the total active cases according to dataThere are 58 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Delhi at present while 2173 are recuperating in home isolationOf the 9705 beds available for Covid patients in various hospitals just 94 097 per cent are occupiedIn the wake of rising cases the Delhi government on Friday issued an order directing authorities to impose a fine of Rs 500 on people not wearing masks in public placesHowever the fine will not apply to people travelling together in private four-wheelers it saidThe government had lifted the fine for not wearing a mask on April 12 because of the decline in casesThe decision to bring back the mask mandate in public places and impose a fine of Rs 500 on violators came at a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA which devises Covid management policies for the national capital on WednesdayThe city health department said on Thursday Delhi has started providing free COVID-19 precautionary doses to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centresDelhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid infected people to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the city PTI GVS NSD NSD

New Delhi Apr 21 PTI Delhi logged 965 fresh Covid cases in a day with a positivity rate of 471 per cent while one person died due to the infection according to data shared by the city health department on ThursdayA total of 20480 tests were conducted in the city a day ago the data showed Delhi had reported one death and 1009 Covid cases on Wednesday the maximum since February 10 with a positivity rate of 57 per centOn Tuesday Delhi had reported 632 cases with a positivity rate of 442 per cent A day before the city reported 501 cases with a positivity rate of 772 per centWith the national capital seeing a spurt in COVID-19 cases in the past few days the number of active cases has increased to 2970 from 601 on April 11However the hospitalisation rate has so far been low accounting for less than three per cent of the total active cases as per the dataThere are 57 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Delhi at present while 1948 are recuperating in home isolationOf the 9737 beds available for Covid patients in various hospitals just 78 are occupiedIn the wake of rising cases the Delhi government had on Wednesday made the wearing of masks mandatory in public places and announced a fine of Rs 500 for its violation It had lifted the fine for not wearing a mask on April 12 because of the decline in casesThe city health department said on Thursday Delhi has started providing free COVID-19 precautionary dose to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centresDelhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid infected people in the capital to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the cityThe cumulative caseload in the capital stands at 1871657 while the overall death toll is 26162 PTI GVS KVK KVK

New Delhi Apr 21 PTI Delhi will provide free COVID-19 precautionary dose to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centres the city health department said on Thursday The administration of the precautionary or third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to the 18-plus population through private vaccination centres had started across the country on April 10 In order to give the benefit of precaution dose to all eligible beneficiaries in Delhi the same will be available for 18 to 59 years age group free of cost in all government CVCs from April 21 the health department said in an order Necessary changes have been made in the Co-WIN portal for Delhi wherein both online appointment and walk-in will be available it said The decision comes amid a spurt in the numberof infections in the capital The Delhi government on Wednesday made the wearing of masks mandatory in public places and announced a fine of Rs 500 on violators just eight days after it had relaxed this norm due to a decline in cases Delhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid-infected people to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the city PTI GVS CJ CJ

New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Delhi logged 1009 fresh Covid cases on Wednesday a 60 per cent jump from a day ago with the city government making the wearing of masks in public places mandatory again and announcing a Rs 500 fine on violatorsThis was the maximum number of cases recorded in Delhi since February 10 when 1104 infections were reportedA total of 17701 tests were conducted a day ago and 57 per cent of them were positive One person died due to the infection in a day the latest health bulletin saidOn Tuesday Delhi had reported 632 cases with a positivity rate of 442 per cent A day before the city reported 501 cases with a positivity rate of 772 per cent With the capital seeing a spurt in infections the number of active cases has increased to 2641 from 601 on April 11 However the hospitalisation rate has so far been low accounting for less than three per cent of the total active casesThere are 54 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Delhi at present 1578 are recuperating in home isolation Of the 9737 beds available for Covid patients in hospitals just 91 are occupiedGiven the spike in cases the Delhi government on Wednesday made the wearing of masks mandatory in public places and announced a fine of Rs 500 on violatorsIt had lifted the fine for not wearing a mask on April12 because of the decline in casesOfficials said the Delhi Disaster Management Authority has also decided not to shut schools and will come up with a separate Standard Operating Procedure in consultation with expertsDelhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid infected people in the capital to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the city PTI GVS NSD NSD

New Delhi Apr 20 PTINinety-seven percent of the samples taken from those who died of Covid in Delhi from January to March had the Omicron variant of coronavirus according to government dataGenome sequencing of 578 samples collected from the deceased showed 560 of them had the Omicron variantThe remaining 18 three percent had other variants of COVID-19 including Delta which fuelled the ferocious second wave of infections in April and May last year and sub lineagesOverall the Omicron variant was found in all the 504 samples analysed at genome sequencing laboratories in the capital in MarchThe third wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant saw lesser hospitalisations and severe cases in the national capital and government data showed the virus isnt the primary reason in most fatalitiesA maximum of 2784 1796 percent of the 15505 COVID-19 beds in hospitals were occupied on January 17 During the second wave 20117 92 per cent of the 21839 beds were occupied on May 6Delhi is once again seeing a spurt in the number of infections with experts attributing it to a large number of people not following Covid-appropriate behaviour including the mask mandate In view of the spike in cases the Delhi government on Wednesday made wearing of masks mandatory in public places and imposed a fine of Rs 500 on violatorsOfficials said the Delhi Disaster Management Authority in its meeting also decided not to shut schools but chose to come up with a separate Standard Operating Procedure in consultation with expertsDelhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid infected people in the capital to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE variant has spread in the city PTI GVS TDS TDS

नई दिल्लीः दुनिया के कई देशों के साथ भारत में भी कोरोना के केस लगातार बढ़ रहे हैं, जिससे स्वास्थ्य एजेंसियों की चिंताएं बढ़ गई हैं. पिछले लगभग 2 सालों से लगातार कोविड-19 के नए-नए वैरिएंट सामने आ रहे हैं. लगातार केस बढ़ने से भारत में भी चौथी लहर आने का भी अंदेशा भी लगाया […]