Satyebdar Jain informed that wellness facilities like polyclinic, mohalla clinics, and hospitals are becoming equipped to administer the Coronavirus vaccine. (File Photo)
As the nation patiently waits for the arrival of a Covid-19 vaccine, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain assured Delhiites that the complete population can be vaccinated in a couple of weeks. Letting out data about Delhi’s preparedness for the vaccine, he additional mentioned there is sufficient infrastructure for storage and administering of the vaccine dosages.
A 3-storey constructing in the premises of Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital has been selected and produced for the storage of Covid-19 vaccine as soon as it arrives, according to a report by The Indian Express. The Health Minister additional informed that wellness facilities like polyclinic, mohalla clinics, and hospitals are becoming equipped to administer the Coronavirus vaccine. More storage centres for the Covid-19 vaccine will be identified in the city, he added.
Jain mentioned Delhi becoming the national capital should really be offered priority in terms of the distribution of the vaccine. Delhi is also the most impacted city in terms of the increasing quantity of instances and the spread of Covid-19 infection. Talking about Delhi’s management of the Covid predicament, he mentioned that the every day positivity price has lowered considering that November 7 when the city recorded a good price at 15.26%. Delhi crosses the 8,000-mark of Covid-19 instances on November 8.
Sharing the most up-to-date information, Jain mentioned the city has reported much less than 7,000 instances a day for more than a week now and the positivity price has also dropped to 8.65% as of November 26. The positivity price with RT-PCR test on November 25 is 15.84% and with Rapid Antigen Test is 2.61%.
Positivity price implies the percentage of men and women who tested good for a situation to the total quantity of tests carried out. The price assists in getting out how rapid the infection is spreading and what measures need to have to be taken to manage its spread. The positivity price of RT-PCR has lowered to half and of the speedy-antigen to one particular third, identified the minister. Up to 24,244 tests have been carried out in the city in the final 24 hours.
On November 27, Delhi reported news 5, 482 instances with 98 fatalities, Covid-19 death toll in the city now stood at 8,909. Overall, the city so far has reported 5,56,744 Coronavirus instances with total 8,909 deaths linked to Covid-19 complications.