Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Sunday that frontline and healthcare workers will receive the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine in the first phase in the national capital, even as the Comptroller General Drug Commission of India gave final approval for the emergency. use of Oxford University-AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech …
Read More »Who will be vaccinated in the first phase? Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain Responds
Minutes after two vaccines for Covid-19, Covishield from the Pune-based Serum Institute and Covaxin from Bharat Biotech, received emergency approval from the country’s drug regulator on Sunday, Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain has said that healthcare and frontline workers will be vaccinated in the first phase. Talking to the news …
Read More »Delhi on alert after new Covid-19 variant in UK | Delhi News
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government, which has been put on alert in the wake of a new variant of the spread of the coronavirus in the UK, is keeping an eye on the developing situation as many travelers from the UK arrive in the capital. The Delhi government appealed to …
Read More »Third Waning Covid Wave, Delhi Still Testing Over 70,000 Per Day, Says Satyendar Jain
Delhi’s health minister Satyendar Jain said on Friday that the third wave of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was waning in the state, and that the positivity rate remained below 5% for ten days in a row. “The third wave of Covid-19 in Delhi is going down. Now we can say that …
Read More »Third wave of Covid-19 pandemic in Delhi ‘on the decline’: Satyendar Jain | Delhi News
NEW DELHI: The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the national capital is not over yet, but “is definitely on the wane,” Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday. Delhi recorded 2,463 new Covid-19 cases and 50 deaths on Wednesday, the lowest number of deaths in a single …
Read More »Delhi registers 1,674 new Covid-19 cases, daily positivity rate drops 3.15%
After experiencing a severe third wave of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Delhi is now witnessing a steady drop in the number of new cases of the infection. On Monday, the national capital registered 1,674 new cases of Covid-19 and 63 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the official health …
Read More »Delhi’s Covid-19 positivity rate expected to be less than 5%: Minister of Health
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Wednesday that the government anticipates the prospects for the Covid-19 positivity rate to drop to 5% in the coming days. “The positivity rate has dropped below 7%. It is expected to drop 5% in the next few days. Currently, there are more than …
Read More »Center-Assigned Labs Taking Over 24 Hours to Provide Covid-19 Test Reports: Satyendar Jain
Labs assigned by the central government are taking more than 24 hours to provide reports for Covid-19 tests as they are working at full capacity, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Tuesday. “The response period for results should be 24 hours. However, when the laboratories are operating at full …
Read More »Delhi Night Curfew: Positivity Rate To Decide Future Direction, Says Health Minister Satyendar Jain | Delhi News
NEW DELHI: Minister of Health Satyendar Jain on Friday he said the Delhi government would make a decision on night curfew Taking into account the trend of the positivity rate of COVID-19 cases, which is decreasing. Delhi has been recording fewer than 7,000 new cases for a week and on …
Read More »The Covid vaccine will be administered within 3-4 weeks of its availability, says Satyendar Jain
A vaccine against the novel coronavirus pandemic will be administered to all inhabitants of Delhi within three to four weeks of its availability in the city, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Saturday. Delhi’s Health Minister said that the Covid-19 vaccine will be administered to everyone in the national …
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