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ED is planning to arrest Satyendar Jain, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain may be arrested ahead of Punjab elections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said here on Sunday. He said, Jain may be arrested by the Enforcement Directorate

Covid-19 situation in city under control in Delhi: Health Minister Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain asserted that the Covid-19 situation in the national capital is in control

Nearly 30 mn Covid vaccines administered in Delhi so far: Satyendra Jain

Informing that the vaccination process in Delhi is running smoothly, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said that so far, 2 crore 85 lakh vaccine doses have been administered in Delhi.

Covid cases in city on rise, hospital admissions stabilised: Satyendra Jain

Hospitalisation rate due to coronavirus infection in the city has remained stable but the cases and the positivity rate have seen an increase, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said

Delhi likely to see 17,000 new Covid-19 cases today: Satyendar Jain

Delhi is expected to add 17,000 cases to its coronavirus infection tally with a positivity rate of around 17 per cent on Friday, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said. He said Delhi is the first to witness a surge in infections because most of the international flights come to the capital. "That is the reason we have implemented stricter measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 as compared to other states. Some people may say that this is not needed but it is better than repenting later," Jain told reporters. On the World Health Organisation terming the Omicron variant of coronavirus "mild", the minister said only experts will be able to tell if it is mild or not. "I can give you the data I have. Delhi has around 31,498 active cases and only 1,091 hospital beds are occupied. When we had an equal number of cases last time, around 7,000 beds were occupied," Jain said.

Omicron spreading in community in Delhi: Health Minister Satyendra Jain

Omicron accounts for 46 per cent of the 115 Covid samples analysed in the national capital and the new, fast-spreading variant of concern is gradually spreading in the community, Health Minister said

Delhi has overcome Delta variant; new sero survey soon: Satyendar Jain

Health Minister Satyendar Jain said Delhi has already overcome the Delta variant of coronavirus detected in over 80 per cent of Covid samples sent for genome sequencing during the second wave

Delhi has gained control over second wave of Covid-19: Satyendra Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the city has gained control over the second wave of the coronavirus and stressed that the government is ramping up its infrastructure to fight Covid-19

Delhi govt received about 150,000 fresh doses of Covishield: Jain

The Delhi government has received a fresh supply of 1.5 lakh doses of COVID vaccines which will allow the vaccination to be carried out for about a day and a half, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said

Written to Centre to scale up Covid beds in its hospitals in Delhi: Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday that the city government has written to the Centre to again scale-up Covid beds in its hospitals in the state

Beds capacity at Delhi's pvt hospitals escalated from 15% to 25%: Jain

As Covid cases continue to surge in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain informed that the number of beds in private hospitals has been increased from 15% to 25%

56.13% in Delhi have antibodies against Covid-19, says Satyendra Jain

At 62.18 percent, Southwest Delhi district reported maximum seroprevalence. North Delhi at 49.09 percent recorded the lowest

Third peak of Covid-19 infections has come down: Delhi health minister

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Sunday that the third peak of coronavirus had almost come down as positivity rate had dipped to 0.42 per cent a day earlier

89 hospitals finalised for Covid-19 vaccination: Delhi Health Minister

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Sunday said that 89 hospitals were finalised in the national capital for the inoculation programme in the first phase

Covid-19: No plans for another lockdown in Delhi, says Satyendar Jain

The Delhi government has clarified that it has no plans to implement another lockdown in the national capital in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

Three times more Covid-19 testing as compared to last peak: Satyendar Jain

The Health Minister further informed that the Delhi Government has written a letter to the Central Government to increase the beds

Impossible to wipe off Covid spread through lockdown, says Satyendra Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said it is "impossible to wipe off" Covid-19 via a lockdown as the virus has "spread through the community" and people should treat face masks as a vaccine

Consider masks as vaccine against Covid-19, says Delhi Health Minister

With Delhi reporting jumps in Covid-19 cases for two straight days, Satyendar Jain emphasised the importance of wearing face masks, saying people should consider them as a "vaccine" against the virus

Have asked govt to close polluting thermal power plants around Delhi: Jain

Delhi minister Satyendar Jain said he has written to the Union power minister seeking closure of 11 thermal power stations around the national capital, which contribute majorly to pollution in Delhi

MCDs unable to run hospitals because of corruption, alleges Satyendar Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain alleged corruption in the functioning of the BJP-led municipal corporations and said that's the reason civic bodies have not been able to run hospitals properly