BJP's Delhi unit president Adesh Gupta blamed the AAP government for the water crisis. He said that tanker mafias have flourished under Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
A K Rakshit, the officer on special duty (OSD) to Health Minister Satyendar Jain, succumbed to COVID-19 complications on Sunday, sources said.
Amid escalating cases of black fungus in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday asked people to be watchful and not resort to self-medication, particularly steroids, and said about 15 hospitals in the city are treating mucormycosis patients.
Hospitals in Delhi have reported increased number of back fungus cases among people recovering from the novel coronavirus infection during the second wave of the disease.
Singapore's diplomatic mission tweeted that there is no truth in the assertion of Kejriwal, adding that there is no Singapore variant.
Delhi Health Minister also urged the Centre to share Bharat Biotech's Covaxin formula with other companies to prevent a shortage.
Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said while the number of daily new infections in the capital has started reducing, one cannot be at ease till the positivity rate drops below five percent
Situation is different in different hospitals; 6 hours in some, 8 in others 10 in some others. We can't call this a comfortable situation, says Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain
On being questioned about those testing positive for coronavirus even after being vaccinated, the Delhi health minister said, "It was never said that a person who is vaccinated against the coronavirus will never catch the infection. Even those who have received both the jabs need to wear face masks and follow all COVID-19 protocols."
Delhi is witnessing a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic and to tackle it testing capacity has been ramped up while micro-containment zones are being created where two or more cases are reported, Health Minister Satyendra Jain said.
Amid the recent spike in coronavirus cases, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on April 3 said that these days COVID case is not as severe to death case as reported earlier but it is coming in bunches.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on March 18 said people shouldn't be careless and wear masks as much as possible amid the rising number of coronavirus cases across the country.
Experts are still working on the new strains’ analysis, to understand its intricacies, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said that the positivity rate in the national capital has been the lowest in the last 8 months. The minister also announced that Delhi has the lowest positivity rate in the entire country.
Over 50 percent of the beds reserved for coronavirus patients in Delhi are unoccupied, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Saturday.
After the national capital saw more than a 100 Covid-19 deaths for four consecutive days, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monda attributed the high COVID-19 death rate in the city to the pollution caused by stubble-burning and expected a downtrend in it in the next two-three weeks.
Speaking to reporters, Satyendra Jain said, "The positivity rate was 15 per cent on November 7. It is less than 11 per cent now. The maximum number of cases (8,593) were reported on November 10."
Amid sudden surge in coronavirus cases in the national capital, the Delhi government has ordered 42 private hospitals to reserve 80 per cent of their total ICU bed capacity for treatment of coronavirus patients. This will increase 260 ICU beds in private hospitals for covid treatment, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain shared the information on Twitter.
Kapil Mishra had in 2017 accused Satyendar Jain of handing over a bribe of Rs 2 crore to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Mishra also claimed that Jain settled a land deal worth Rs 50 crore of Kejriwal's relative.
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Union Power Minister RK Singh and requested him to shut down all the 11 thermal power plants of the NCR.
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