Citing the corona health bulletin, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said for the first time, positive cases were less than 500, and the positivity rate was on a continuous decline.
According to the Minister, the outbreak contained but advisable to wear a mask and follow all precautions.
On the protocol that will be followed for vaccine for which DGCI has give approval, he said that in the first phase, healthcare and frontline workers, people over 50 plus age or with co-morbidity will be injected.
“In the first phase, 500-600 covid centres will be made which will be further escalated to 1000,” he said, adding, “even after de-escalation of covid beds, there will still 10,500-11,000 available. As far as the shutting down of covid centres is concerned, the Delhi Government is treading very cautiously and is not making decisions in a haste.”
Delhi has reported 494 positive cases and the positivity rate was 0.73 percent. “For the first time in the last 7 and a half months, the number of cases has gone below 500. After 17 May 2020, this is the lowest number of cases. Positivity rate has fallen to 0.73 percent implying that in every 1000 tests conducted, 7 positive cases are detected. Testing is still being conducted on a large scale.”
“We have just been made aware that the vaccines developed by Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India have been given approval. Delhi Government is making all the arrangements. The protocol will be that health care and frontline workers, people over 50 years of age or with co-morbidity will be injected in the first phase of the roll-out. Delhi has 3 lac healthcare workers, and 6lac frontline workers. The vaccine will be first rolled out to these 9 lac people,” Jain added.
A dry run had conducted in three different types of centres- government hospital, private hospital and government dispensary situated in Delhi.
“Storage facilities have been made. Ultimately, 1000 centres will be made. In the first phase, we will make 500-600 centres,” Jain said.