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Shimla, May 19 () A total of 612 people of Himachal Pradesh stranded in Maharashtra's Pune and surrounding areas due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown arrived here in a special train on Tuesday morning, a senior official said. This is the fifth special train arrived with stranded residents of the state at the Una railway station from different parts of the country since May 13, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sandeep Kumar said. The DC said earlier 3,413 people stranded in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa returned to Una in four special trains since May 13. While 642 people came from Bengaluru on May 13, 1,486 people returned from Goa on May 15, 697 residents returned from Mumbai and 588 people came back from Goa on May 18, he added. Of the 612 passengers who arrived from Pune on Tuesday, 215 were from Kangra, 70 from Una, 68 from Hamirpur, 63 each from Shimla and Mandi, 41 from Solan, 37 from Kullu, 28 from Chamba, 16 from Bilaspur, 9 from Sirmaur and two from Kinnaur, Kumar said. Besides people, including one each from Uttarakhand and Punjab's Garshankar, also arrived in the train, he added. The passengers were allowed to alight district-wise to maintain at least one meter distance between two persons. The passengers from Kangra district alighted first. The DC said the passengers were provided water and food packets before being sent to their home districts in Himachal Road Transport Corporation buses. He thanked Bhadsali's Radha Soami Satsang Ghar secretary Gurmukh Singh and other volunteers for providing food packets to passengers. Kumar said that the 70 people from Una would be kept under institutional quarantine. Their samples will be taken after five-six days and those tested negative, would be allowed to go for home quarantine. Each of the 70 people will have to remain in quarantine for a total of 14 days, he added. Upon arrival, a passenger from Shimla's Sunni Amit Kumar, said he worked at a hotel in Pune. He said he was not hopeful of returning to the state within a few weeks. He thanked Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and the state government for making the arrangements that enabled him and others to return home. DJI KJ

Over 600 stranded Himachal residents return from Pune in special train

New Delhi, Jun 27 () Authorities in Delhi on Saturday started a mammoth task of conducting serological survey to comprehensively analyse the spread of COVID-19 as the number of cases in the national capital crossed the 80,000 mark. Addressing an online briefing, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserted that there is no shortage of beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi as of now, saying his government has significantly raised the number of beds in the past one month and diagnosis has been ramped up to 20,000 tests per day. He said "five weapons" are being used by his government in the fight against coronavirus besides ramping up number of beds -- testing and isolation, providing oximeters and oxygen concentrators, plasma therapy, screening and survey. Kejriwal and Union Home Minister Amit Shah also visited Radha Saomi Satsang, a 10,000-bed facility in south Delhi and reviewed the centre which will be maintained by the Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP). The national capital recorded 2,948 fresh coronavirus cases in a 24-hour span since Friday, taking the total case count 80,188. The death toll went up to 2,588 with 66 more fatalities reported. There are 28,329 active cases in the national capital. After June 22, it was for the first time that the number of daily cases fell below the 3,000-mark in the city. As cases continued to rise, the Delhi government and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) started serological survey in the national capital. Part of the revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), the survey has to be completed by July 10. Kejriwal said the survey will cover 20,000 people and determine the extent of coronavirus spread in Delhi.The survey started in the Central district, officials said, adding that the response was good from the public and 450 blood samples were collected on the first day. The target for the day was to collect 700 samples, the official said, adding that the district has deployed 30 teams comprising ASHA workers and lab technicians for collecting samples. The survey also began at Kewal Park area in north Delhi, a north district official said. The official added that the emphasis was on putting logistics to the ground. The response of the people will be known in the next two-three days. Nine teams have been formed to complete the survey, the official said. In Southwest district, the collection of samples commenced in some areas but will start in full swing from Sunday, an official said. According to an official from East district, the NCDC would train lab technicians on how to collect samples on Saturday and they were likely to commence the exercise from Monday. Similarly, in the Southeast district, the survey did not start on Saturday as logistics were being worked out. An official from Northeast district said the survey has not yet begun there and will begin from Monday. Two house-to-house surveys - one in the containment zones and another across the national capital - are also being conducted by the Delhi government. In his online briefing, Kejriwal said the coronavirus spread faster than it was expected to do in Delhi, after lifting of lockdown restrictions, and death figures rose in initial days due to lack of required bed facility for infected patients. By May 15, coronavirus spread very rapidly and from first week of June, there was shortage of beds and testing. Since there was shortage of beds, the death figure also started rising, he said. "Earlier I received phone calls for beds late in the night. That has stopped now. Currently there is no shortage of beds for corona patients but we are still ramping up the beds that could be needed in future," he said. The government had option to either continue lockdown or fight the virus and it chose the second after consulting people. On adding the number of beds, Kejriwal said the government took decision to attach hotels to hospitals, and created 3,500 beds in these hotels. At Radha Soami Satsang premises, arrangements for 2,000 beds are complete. Ten thousand beds will be arranged at the earliest, he said. Also, at Delhi government's Burari hospital, 450 beds beds have been arranged, he said. The Union Health Ministry said a 1,000-bed full-fledged hospital for COVID-19 patients in Delhi, developed by DRDO and to be manned by doctors and paramedical staff from the Army would be functional next week from an area near Dhaula Kuan. To bolster COVID-19 management efforts in the national capital, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has supplied diagnostic material for carrying out 4.7 lakh RT-PCR tests to the 12 functional labs in Delhi till date, the Health Ministry said. It has provided 1.57 lakh RNA extraction kits essential for carrying out tests and 2.84 lakh VTMs (Viral Transport Medium) used for collecting and transporting swabs to laboratories, it added. SLB VIT GVS PLB ACB PR ZMN

Delhi govt begins serological survey to assess extent of coronavirus spread as cases cross 80K mark

Bengaluru, Jul 5 () Amid the rising COVID-19 cases here, over 3,000 beds in private hospitals have been reserved for treating patients while a 10,100-bed coronavirus care centre, the biggest in the country, has been set up, authorities said on Sunday. Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said 3,331 beds in 72 private hospitals have been earmarked for COVID-19 patients. The city civic body - Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner B H Anil Kumar said the sprawling Bangalore International Exhibition Centre has been converted into a coronavirus care centre with 10,100 beds. "Across Bengaluru, 3,331 beds have been reserved in 72 hospitals for treating coronavirus patients. By Saturday evening 733 beds were occupied and 2,598 beds were unoccupied," the Medical Education Minister tweeted. Recently, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had convened a meeting with private hospital owners during which he directed them to reserve at least 50 per cent beds to treat coronavirus cases. The government had set a target to reserve at least 2,000 beds for coronavirus patients. However, the number has swelled to 3,331. Meanwhile, BBMP Commissioner Anil Kumar on Sunday visited the coronavirus care centre at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre along with Yelahanka BJP MLA S R Vishwanath. "BIEC has been converted into a 10,100 bed Covid Care Centre. Visited the centre along with hon'ble MLA @SRVishwanathBJP, @BBMPSWMJtComm &amp; other #BBMP officials," Kumar tweeted. He also said the centre is well ventilated, has adequate number of toilets, nursing stations, kitchens and other required facilities. The centre is ready to house asymptomatic patients, including children. The BBMP Joint Commissioner (Solid Waste Management), Sarfaraz Khan told P T I, "This is the biggest ever COVID care centre in the country. Delhi has a COVID care centre of 10,000 beds in Radha Soami Satsang." As many as 150 doctors will man the centre. Oxygen facilities will be available in some beds for patients who need it, he said. In addition, there will be adequate arrangements to shift the critically-ill patients to nearby hospitals, Khan added. Bengaluru has seen the biggest ever spike in coronavirus cases in the past one week. The city has witnessed 8,345 positive cases, of which 7,250 are active cases. The city has so far reported 129 deaths due to the virus. GMS SS

Over 3,000 beds reserved in Bengaluru hospitals to treat coronavirus patients

New Delhi, Jun 13 () With the coronavirus cases rising sharply to nearly 39,000 in the national capital, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a meeting with Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others on Sunday to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the city. A separate meeting will be held with the mayors and municipal commissioners of Delhi's three civic bodies. Kejriwal will also interact with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with his counterparts including West Bengal, Delhi, Maharashtra and Karnataka, where the coronavirus cases are on a much higher side, on June 17. The national capital recorded 2,134 fresh coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the COVID-19 tally in the city to 38,958, while the the death toll mounted to 1,271, according to the latest Delhi health department bulletin. It was the second consecutive day when the number of reported cases breached the 2,000-mark. On Friday, Delhi had witnessed 2,137 cases, the highest single-day spike here. As many as 57 fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours. The number of coronavirus cases in Delhi is the third highest in the country after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Another meeting of the DDMA is also scheduled on June 16 which will see discussion on capping private hospital and ambulance charges and reducing COVID-19 private lab tests in the wake of complaints of exorbitant prices. The meeting will be attended by Kejriwal and Baijal. Taking note of the "gravity" of the coronavirus situation in the national capital, the Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government and the Centre to increase the number of beds and ventilators for COVID-19 patients. "Considering the gravity of the situation, we hereby direct the respondents (Centre and Delhi government) to increase the number of the beds for COVID-19 patients and also try to increase the number of ventilators so that all COVID patients in need can get these facilities," the bench said in its order which was passed on June 11 but made available on Saturday. Earlier this week, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had said the coronavirus patients in Delhi are expected to reach 5.5 lakh by July end. During the same period, 1,50,000 beds will be needed, Kejriwal had said. On the Sunday's meeting, Shah's office tweeted, "Home Minister, Shri @AmitShah and Health Minister, @drharshvardhan to hold meeting with @LtGovDelhi, CM Delhi &amp; members of SDMA to review situation in the capital regarding COVID-19 tomorrow, 14th June at 11 am. Director AIIMS and other senior officers would also be present." Hours later, the home minister's office announced that a separate meeting will be held on Sunday with the mayors and top officials of Delhi's three municipal corporations -- North, South and East. Baijal is the chairman of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA). He has also formed a six-member panel to formulate a COVID management plan and suggest ways to ramp up medical infrastructure in the capital. The six-member panel also includes National Disaster Management Authority members Krishna Vatsa and Kamal Kishore; Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) DG Balram Bhargava, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, DGHS Additional DDG Dr Ravindran and National Centre for Disease Control Director Surjit Kumar Singh. This comes close on the heels of Baijal's recent assertions on hospital beds and testing, and overturning of two Delhi government orders -- reserving hospital beds only for residents of Delhi in hospitals except those run by the Centre and testing of only symptomatic patients. There has been criticism from different quarters over the handling of COVID-19 cases in the capital with complaints of non-availability of beds in hospitals for patients and difficulty in getting the tests done in laboratories. The Supreme Court on Friday lashed out at the city government, terming as "horrific" the state of affairs in Delhi hospitals with bodies being stacked next to COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, a day after the apex court expressed concern over fewer coronavirus tests in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain put the onus on the ICMR, saying its guidelines should be changed for the testing to increase. The Supreme Court had had asked the government to ensure that there should be a "steep increase in the testing both by Government hospitals and private labs" as "non-testing of the patients is not a solution to the problem". Jain said that the Delhi government is following the guidelines of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). "If you want the number of tests conducted for coronavirus to increase, ask the Indian Council of Medical Research to change its guidelines. We cannot flout ICMR guidelines," he said. The Delhi government had last week issued testing guidelines making it mandatory that only symptomatic patients will be tested for COVID-19, but the Lieutenant Governor had overruled it on Monday stressing that ICMR guidelines testing of contacts of patients be followed "without any deviation". In its efforts to ramp up the health infrastructure, the Delhi government is planning a 10,000-bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients under a sprawling tent in south Delhi to prepare for a projected surge in cases in the city. The planned COVID-19 facility will come up at the south Delhi campus of spiritual organisation Radha Soami Satsang Beas on the Delhi-Haryana border. Similar facilities have been established in Mumbai. The city has a total 9,647 dedicated COVID-19 beds in state-run, central, and private hospitals. Of these, 5,402 are occupied. The Delhi government has also started the process to identify community halls and stadiums which can be converted into makeshift COVID-19 hospitals. Kejriwal has also appealed to all doctors to volunteer for the city government's telemedicine helpline to provide free healthcare advice to people. In a video message, Kejriwal urged them to register with the government by giving a miss call on 08047192219. ACB SLB GVS HMP SKV PR RT

Amit Shah to meet LG, Kejriwal on Sunday to discuss COVID-19 situation; Over 2,000 new cases for 2nd day

New Delhi, Jul 12 () Delhi's daily COVID-19 case count on Sunday remained below the 2,000-mark for the second consecutive day and with the recovery rate improving to nearly 80 per cent, authorities have for now put on hold plans to use stadiums as makeshift coronavirus care facilities. In the last 24 hours, the national capital has recorded 1,573 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 1,12,494 in the city, while the death toll mounted to 3,371 after 37 fatalities were reported, according to the latest Delhi health department bulletin. This is the first time in July that the daily case count has remained below the 2,000-mark for two consecutive days. On Saturday, 1,781 cases were detected. The COVID-19 recovery rate improved to 79.97 per cent on Sunday, as per the bulletin. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Delhi has been able to minimise deaths of coronavirus patients in home isolation through pulse oximeters, which he termed as "suraksha kavach'' (protective shield). The bulletin said as many as 89,968 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far, while there are 19,155 active cases in the city. The Delhi government has asked all district magistrates (DMs) to document initiatives taken by them in their respective areas to deal with the COVID-19 situation. For instance, the South Delhi district administration has set up a 10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre, one of the "largest" such facilities in the world, at the Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Similarly, a 500-bed COVID care facility was set up at the Commonwealth Games Village in East Delhi. In North West district, railway coaches were converted into insolation wards for COVID-19 patients. The DMs have been asked to also mention the difficulties they faced while executing such initiatives. "The need was felt to showcase all such initiatives taken by the district magistrates so that their efforts are reflected in documents. All the DMs have been asked to make proper documentation of these initiatives introduced by them to deal with the COVID-19 situation," an official told . Seeing the good recovery rate, authorities in the city have for now put on hold their plans to use stadiums as makeshift COVID-19 care facilities. Last month, a Delhi government panel, constituted by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, had suggested to use Pragati Maidan, Talkatora Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium and JLN Stadium, Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium and Dhyanchand National Stadium for the purpose. "Seeing the current situation, there is no need to convert stadiums into COVID-19 care facilities. We can use them (stadiums) for such facility, but it would be unnecessary step because many people are under home-isolation and recovering from the virus," an official in the east Delhi district administration said. He said that if such need arises in the coming days, the district authorities will use stadiums as makeshift COVID-19 care facilities. "We are closely monitoring the situation. As of now, there is no need to use any stadium for COVID-19 care facility," an official in the south district administration said. On Saturday, a government study said that there has been a "sharp decline" in daily fatality figures in the past two weeks. Terming pulse oximeters as ''suraksha kavach'', Kejriwal said these have helped minimise COVID-19 deaths of patients under home isolation in Delhi. The Delhi government has provided pulse oximeters to asymptomatic and mild symptom coronavirus patients undergoing home isolation. "Delhi has been able to minimise deaths of coronavirus patients in home isolation through this suraksha kavach called pulse oximeter. If patients detect their oxygen is falling they reach out to us for help. We immediately send oxygen concentrators to their home or take them to a hospital," Kejriwal said in a tweet. A pulse oximeter is a device that measures blood oxygen level. Coronavirus patients need to be hospitalised if their oxygen level reaches 90 per cent or below, according to health guidelines. A study of COVID-19 deaths reported in the last fortnight (from June 24), conducted by the Delhi government, has revealed that no one under home isolation has died in first week of July. The total number of daily deaths too have shown a sharp decline, the report said. In a sign of revival of economic activities post the coronavirus-forced lockdown in Delhi, over 23,000 vehicles were registered in the city in June, up from just 8,455 a month ago, transport department officials said on Sunday. Registration of cars and two-wheelers picked up after the restrictions due to the lockdown were relaxed, they said. "The registration of vehicles picked up after ''Unlock 1'' was declared, and total registrations were 23,940 in the month," said an official. Official data shows that registrations in June included 18,741 two-wheelers (motorcycles and scooters) and 4,755 four-wheelers, he said. Some restaurants reopened a month ago after being allowed to resume their business post the COVID-19 lockdown, but are still grappling with decreased sales, staff shortages and few dine-in customers. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, many restaurants have not commenced dine-in facilities and are relying on takeaways to drive their business. According to Rohit Aggarwal, director of Lite Bite Foods, post ''Unlock'', the situation has not been "very motivating, walk-in numbers are extremely low and the operational cost is soaring". "The highest number of dine-in guests we have served on a single day after opening following the COVID-19 lockdown is just 15 at Punjab Grill's Saket outlet. We are hoping to serve the same number of guests we had before very soon and are positive that this number will go up eventually. "We are making just 20 per cent sales of what we used to do. Dine-in sales account for just 25 per cent of the existing 20 per cent sales and rest all are delivery and takeaway orders," he said. GVS VIT SLB BUN ANB ANB

COVID-19: Recovery rate nears 80 pc in Delhi; plans to use stadiums as COVID-19 facilities put on hold

New Delhi, Jun 23 () The AAP government has urged Lt Governor Anil Baijal to scrap the system requiring every COVID-19 patient to visit a government-run centre for clinical assessment, as the number of cases rose to 66,602 in the national capital on Tuesday with a highest single-day spike of 3,947. A 10,000-bed COVID-19 facility at the premises of Radha Saomi Satsang Beas in south Delhi to be operated by the ITBP will be functional by June 26, Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after he asked for doctors and nurses from the ITBP and the Army to run the centre. Delhi had on Monday overtaken Tamil Nadu as the second worst-hit among the state and union territories. With 68 fresh cases, the death toll has now reached 2,301. Sources said the chief minister has also invited Shah to visit the upcoming facility on the sprawling campus of spiritual organisation RSSB. In a series of tweets, Shah said a 1,000-bed full-fledged hospital with 250 ICU beds is being developed for COVID-19 patients and the facility, to be manned by armed forces personnel, will be ready in the next 10 days. "Dear Kejriwal ji, It has already been decided in our meeting 3 days back and MHA has assigned the work of operating the 10,000 bed COVID Care Centre at Radha Swami Beas in Delhi to ITBP. The work is in full swing and a large part of the facility will be operational by 26th Jun," he said. Sources said the ITBP, which has established a 1,000-bed quarantine at its camp in Chhawla, has been appointed as the nodal the agency for the RSSB. Responding to Shah's tweets, Kejriwal thanked him for helping the AAP government and Delhiites in these difficult circumstances. "The country's Army, doctors, social organisations, central government and Delhi government - all are working unitedly for Delhi. "I am sure that we all will beat Corona together. Thank you for helping the Delhi government and the people of Delhi in these difficult circumstances," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi. Shah also said the armed forces personnel have been detailed for providing medical care and attention to COVID-19 patients housed in railway coaches in Delhi. A total of 8,000 additional beds have already been placed at Delhi government's disposal for making COVID care centres, as per requirement, Shah said. Delhi would need 1.5 lakh beds in healthcare facilities by July 31 once people start coming to the city for treatment from other states, Kejriwal had said, adding that his government had "unprecedented challenges" ahead as data showed that COVID-19 cases would rapidly increase in Delhi in the coming days. Last week, Baijal had issued an order, making it mandatory for every new COVID-19 patient to undergo five-day institutional quarantine. It was later amended after opposition from the AAP government. Every coronavirus patient is now required to visit a care centre for clinical assessment to ascertain whether he requires hospitalisation or home isolation. Kejriwal's deputy Manish Sisodia said he has written to the LG, saying that the new system will only create problems for the patients and add pressure on the government machinery as an infected person will have to wait in long queues at these centres. "Why should one go to quarantine centre for checkup? Has he made any mistake? At a time when the government should help him, we are giving him punishment of standing in long queues," Sisodia said during an online media briefing. The deputy chief minister demanded that the previous system be implemented wherein medical teams of the district administration visited the house of an infected person for his or her clinical assessment. He said that the national capital has been reporting nearly 3,000 cases every day and it is not feasible for every COVID-19 patient to undergo clinical assessment at COVID quarantine centres. Sisodia said that the lieutenant governor should call a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority and revert to the old system. Meanwhile, after getting a fresh nod from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), six COVID-19 patients have received convalescent plasma therapy at LNJP Hospital in the last one week, out of the total permitted limit of 200 recipients. Plasma therapy on a trial basis was permitted by the ICMR recently but then it had put it on hold. After the fresh nod from the ICMR last week, LNJP Hospital and Max Hospital, Saket have done plasma therapy on coronavirus patients. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, 55, was on Saturday administered plasma therapy at Max Hospital, where he is admitted for COVID-19 treatment. "Earlier, 20 recipients were administered the therapy before the ICMR halted it. With fresh nod in place, now, we have received permission for 200 patients. And, for the last one week we have already done it on six patients out of the 13 immediately scheduled," Dr Suresh Kumar, Medical Director of the LNJP, told . Both LNJP Hospital and Max Hospital are dedicated COVID-19 facilities. Delhi's tally of COVID-19 cases crossed the 66,000-mark on Tuesday with the biggest single-day jump of 3,947 fresh infections, while the death toll due to the disease mounted to 2,301, authorities said. From Friday to Sunday, 3,000 or more fresh cases were reported per day in the national capital. On Monday, 2,909 cases were recorded. BUN ACB KND PR RT RT

Nearly 4,000 new COVID cases in record spike in Delhi: AAP govt asks LG to scrap system requiring patients to visit govt facility for clinical assessment

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It was in May 2013 that Ranbaxy, which was under the management control of Daiichi, was forced to reach a $500-million settlement with the US Department of Justice since it had faked test results to get <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Ranbaxy-Sues-US-FDA-For-Withdrawing-Approval-For-Its-Drugs/articleshow/45203502.cms">FDA approvals</a> for its medicines. 
 
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New Delhi, Jun 26 () As coronavirus cases continued to spiral in the national capital and crossed the 77,000 mark on Friday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said his government will set up ICU beds on a large scale, but asserted that the COVID-19 situation in the city was "still under control". The national capital saw 3,460 cases on Friday, taking the coronavirus count to 77,240. With 63 fresh deaths, the toll climbed to 2,492. There are 27,675 active cases in Delhi. The Delhi government has also formed at least 1,100 teams comprising two members each to conduct a mammoth exercise to screen the national capital's population for the novel coronavirus, officials of the revenue department said. The survey has already commenced in some districts. According to a revised COVID-19 response plan issued by the Delhi government, the house-to-house screening will be completed by June 30 in containment zones and the deadline for the rest of Delhi is July 6. Addressing an online media briefing earlier in the day, Kejriwal said Delhi had reported around 74,000 cases till Thursday. Of them, 45,000 patients have recovered. With 3,390 fresh instances, the total number of coronavirus cases stood at 73,780 on Thursday. The death toll was 2,429. The rise in the number of cases is a matter of concern but there is no need to panic as the COVID-19 situation is "still under control", Kejriwal asserted. He said Delhi has largely reported mild cases over the past week and that's why out of the total 13,500 beds in hospitals only 6,000 have been occupied. "We have increased our capacity of testing by three times and hence, cases are rising in the city... If we conduct 1-2 lakh tests daily in the coming days, it is natural to observe a spike in the number of coronavirus cases," he said. At the LNJP Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital and GTB Hospital, the government is going to set up more ICU beds on a large scale, he said, adding, the administration has already set up 3,500 beds for COVID-19 patients in hotels in the last 10 days. Kejriwal said his Cabinet held a meeting on Friday and a decision to set up 450 additional beds at Burari Hospital was taken, adding that funds were sanctioned for it. Even though there is no sudden requirement of beds in hospitals, the Delhi government was working round-the-clock to ensure more beds are added in the foreseeable future, he said. The chief minister also said COVID-19 patients under home isolation have been given pulse oximeters and that this will act as a "Suraksha Kawach" against the disease. On plasma therapy, he said the government has got permission to conduct it on 200 patients. The Delhi government-run LNJP and Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality hospitals will conduct the trials. Private hospitals have also sought permission to conduct plasma therapy, he said. On the house-to-house surveys, the Delhi government has formed at least 1,100 teams having two members each to conduct a mega exercise to screen the national capital's population for the novel coronavirus. An official said around 100 teams have been formed in every district and each team has accredited social health activists (ASHA) and auxiliary nurse midwives (ANM). The government will also engage domestic breeder checkers, sanitation workers and teachers of municipal corporations for the surveys if it requires their services in the coming days, the official added. This is a "trust-based" exercise, the official said, adding, "We cannot force somebody to undergo the test. We only update information based on reply to our questionnaire. We conduct rapid antigen test on those who have COVID-19-like symptoms." According to the 2011 Census, there were around 34.35 lakh households which included 33.56 lakh households in urban areas and 79,574 in rural areas in the national capital. Every team is armed with a mobile application -- 'SS Corona' app -- which will send real-time details to a dedicated portal set up by the government. Apart from basic details like name, age, address and contact, the teams are feeding the 'SS Corona' app with information such as every individual's travel history, whether or not they use the Aarogya Setu app, and if they have symptoms of flu. The official said the same mobile application was being used for carrying out screening at containment zones in the national capital. In a related development, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief S S Deswal visited the newly created COVID-19 care facility here with over 10,000 beds and reviewed its preparedness. The large Radha Soami Beas establishment in Chhatarpur area of the national capital, as per officials, will have two segments -- a COVID care centre (CCC) where asymptomatic positive cases will be treated and a dedicated COVID healthcare centre (DCHC). The border guarding force took over the centre on Wednesday after being directed by the Union Home Ministry to act as the nodal agency. Three Indian Army medical teams each comprising one medical officer, two nursing assistants and one ambulance have been assigned to function at the COVID care facility at the Shakurbasti railway station. BUN NES PR RDM RDM

COVID-19 'situation still under control', govt will set up ICU beds on large scale, says Kejriwal

(Eds: combining related stories) New Delhi, Jun 24 () As India recorded the highest single-day jump of nearly 16,000 COVID-19 cases, Delhi surpassed Mumbai on Wednesday while the lockdown in containment zones in West Bengal was extended till July 31 and a fresh 'test, track and treat' strategy put in place by the Centre to curb the spread of the infection. Use of combination of various tests and making testing widely available to all symptomatic individuals across the country were at the heart of the government's revised strategy to fight the pandemic that has claimed over 14,000 lives. Delhi, which already is the second worst hit state in terms of coronavirus caseload and fatalities, overtook Mumbai after the number of cases soared by 3,788 to touch 70,390. Mumbai has so far recorded 69,625 cases, according to official figures. As part of the Delhi government's revised COVID-19 response plan, a house to to house screening will be completed by June 30 in containment zones and for the rest of the city by July 6 in what is billed as a mammoth exercise. As COVID-19 cases continued to spike in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced extension of the lockdown in the containment zones till July 31. The lockdown in these zones was to end on June 30. With overall cases in the state inching towards 15,000, it is in the 7th position in the all India tally. Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka surpassed the 10,000 mark while Telangana inched towards this grim milestone, according to official figures from the states. In all, 12 states now account for more than 10,000 coronavirus cases as they continued to report record daily spikes that were mainly attributed to augmented testing. As daily testing of samples of blood and throat and nose swabs crossed two lakh for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, over 14,000 new coronavirus cases were registered in the country for the fifth day in a row to take the total count to 4,56,183, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The fatalities also rose by a record 465 and the death toll stood at 14,476. At the same time the recovery rate was steadily improving to reach 56.71 per cent, the data showed. The country has witnessed a surge of 2,65,648 infections from June 1 till June 24 with Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh remaining the top five contributors to the rising tally. As many as 3,890 new COVID-19 cases were registered in Maharashtra on Wednesday, taking the count of patients to 1,42,900, a health department official said. Andhra Pradesh accounted for 10,331 cases with 497 more people testing positive. While it took close to three months from March for the first 5,000 cases to emerge in AP, the second 5,000 came in just 15 days. The tally in Karnataka was 10,118 with the state reporting 397 new positive cases. The surge in COVID-19 cases continued unabated in Tamil Nadu with an all-time high of 2,865 people testing positive in a single day, taking the tally to 67,468 while the toll mounted to 866 with 33 deaths. With the focus on increasing testing, the state analysed a record 32,079 samples on Wednesday. Inter-district public transport bus services were also being withdrawn in the state for six days from Thursday. Kerala also reported the highest single day spike of 152 cases pushing the infection count to 3,603, officials said. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said a total of 73,52,911 samples were tested up to June 23 with 2,15,195 samples being analysed on Tuesday and there were over 1,000 COVID-19 testing laboratories but acknowledged more needs to be done. "However, in spite of these developments, access to testing still remains a huge challenge in a large country like India. There is a definite need to increase the outreach of testing by introducing rapid point of care diagnostic tests," the ICMR noted in its advisory issued late on Tuesday. Expanding the testing criterion for coronavirus, the ICMR said it should be made widely available to all symptomatic individuals across the country. "Since 'test, track and treat' is the only way to prevent spread of infection and save lives, it is imperative that testing should be made widely available to all symptomatic individuals in every part of the country and contact tracing mechanisms for containment of infection are further strengthened," it said in an advisory on 'Newer Additional Strategies for COVID-19 Testing' . The apex health research body has also advised authorities to enable all government and private hospitals, offices and public sector units to perform antibody-based COVID-19 testing for surveillance to help allay fears and anxiety of healthcare workers and office employees. The earlier advisories on rapid antibody testing advisories had focused on areas reporting clusters (containment zones), large migration gatherings/evacuees centers and testing of symptomatic ILI individuals at facility level. Besides, the ICMR also recommended deployment of rapid antigen detection tests for COVID-19 in combination with RT-PCR tests in all containment zones, all central and state government medical colleges and government hospitals, all private hospitals approved by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare (NABH), all NABL-accredited and ICMR approved private labs, for COVID-19 testing. "ICMR advises all state governments, public and private institutions concerned to take required steps to scale up testing for COVID-19 by deploying combination of various tests as advised," the advisory added. Also, there is value in conducting serosurvey with IgG-based antibody tests, an additional testing method, in certain situations, it said. The Immunoglobulin (IgG) Serum test is performed to determine the presence of any infection in the body and the level of immunity. In Delhi, authorities have planned to use Aarogya Setu app coupled with an IT-driven tool to boost surveillance and contact tracing in the COVID-19 affected areas. This is part of the new COVID-19 response plan prepared by Delhi government health department, as per the recommendations from the Union Health Ministry. The purpose is to boost surveillance of positive cases and improve contact tracing, officials said. The Karnataka government also issued an order notifying establishment of fever clinics and swab collection centres in 66 private hospitals or medical colleges in the city, aimed at controlling the spread of the disease. It said, with the spike in number of Influenza-like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) cases, there is a need to increase the number of fever clinics and swab collection centres. In the national capital, the Army Medical Corps(AMC) was roped in to manage the health care at the Railways' COVID-19 care centre at the Shakur Basti station where the first two patients were put up in isolation coaches. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP) also took over a 10,000-bed capacity centre in Delhi for coronavirus patients, officials said. A team of officials from the border guarding force visited the Radha Soami Beas facility and held discussions with the Delhi government and other stakeholders who will be partners in running the centre, an ITBP officer said. PLB SCH DBV KK ND KSU VGN UD NES SLB KND ASG GSN GSN GSN

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