On Wednesday Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain claimed that the national capital has not reported any case of Delta plus variant of COVID-19 so far.
In continuation, he also added that no communication with the Centre has taken place바카라 웹사이트 regarding any special arrangement to deal with the current Variant-Of-Concern (VOC).바카라 웹사이트
He mentioned about the commencement of a바카라 웹사이트 genome sequencing lab to accelerate the process of바카라 웹사이트 coronvirus variants detection which, will become operational at Lok Nayak Hospital within a week.
Another such lab is being바카라 웹사이트created at바카라 웹사이트the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, he said.
"There are several variants of coronavirus, but there are only two ways to protect yourself바카라 웹사이트against it -- get vaccinated and use masks. There is no separate communication from the Centre to make special preparations for the Delta plus variant. Also, Delhi has not reported any such cases so far," Jain told reporters here.
He said the Delhi government is in the process of increasing hospital beds to accommodate 37,000 cases a day in case바카라 웹사이트of a third wave.
The Delhi government has already installed 32바카라 웹사이트Pressure Swing Adsorption바카라 웹사이트(PSA) oxygen generation바카라 웹사이트plants with a total바카라 웹사이트capacity of 29.77 metric tonnes (MT).
Three liquid medical oxygen storage tanks with a cumulative capacity of 171 MT have also been installed.
Jain also said the coronavirus situation is under control in Delhi, but appealed to people to continue observing Covid appropriate behaviour.
"The number of cases had reduced significantly in January and February too, and people let their guards down. The experience of the last one-and-a-half-year shows one has to remain vigilant all the time," he added.
(With PTI Inputs)
