Delhi government is fully prepared to vaccinate the children between 15-18 years of age

• No serious case of Omicron variant recorded at present; situation under control
• No Omicron patient has needed oxygen support till now in Delhi – Satyendar Jain

India

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New Delhi, January 01,2022 :

Health Minister Satyendar Jain addressed the press in the view of rising COVID-19 cases in Delhi on Saturday. He said that as of now, the situation is in control. Delhi government is ready to fight any variant of Corona with full force. We have the appropriate infrastructure to treat the patients and stop the spread of Coronavirus. He further said that according to the experts the Omicron variant is less dangerous than the Delta variant. And hence, patients do not need to be admitted to the hospital, at present no patient of Omicron is in need of oxygen.

Satyendar Jain added that “prevention is better than cure and people need to keep themselves safe at all times. It should be our responsibility to wear masks at all times whenever we are heading outside our homes, this will help us to stop the further spread of coronavirus”.

He further said, “Delhi has appropriate and enough infrastructure and vaccination centres to vaccinate 3 lakh people per day. The Delhi government is fully prepared to vaccinate the children between 15-18 years of age. He further added that “we have a full stock of Booster doses available for the vaccination of the people of Delhi”.

Health minister Satyendar Jain further said that “keeping in view  the ongoing situation, more than 3,000 beds have already been prepared for the children. All the healthcare workers are being trained and instructed properly for the treatment of the Coronavirus. There is no separate treatment for the different variants of the virus.”

He said that “people are demanding the Omicron test these days, this is to inform them that the information on Omicron is necessary only for the government and policy makers so that it can ensure the system works  accordingly. Patients will not get to know anything new about the variant  because the treatment process for other Corona variants is exactly the same as the Omicron variant. The Omicron variant is a variant of the corona itself and the protocol for its treatment and prevention is also the same as before.”

Furthermore, Satyendar Jain added that “we need to follow all the covid appropriate protocols. Whenever we are heading out from our homes we have to wear a mask and follow social distancing at all times”.

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