Satyendar Jain, Delhi Health Minister on Wednesday said that dengue cases reported in the city until now are in control and the Delhi government is on alert and ready to deal with any situation occurring out of the mosquito-borne disease.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has reportedly urged the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government to declare Dengue and Malaria as notifiable diseases to be able to prepare for a successful eliminate these two vector-borne diseases from the national capital.
Satyendar Jain, Health Minister of the Government of NCT of Delhi has said that the government has issued orders for adding 220 ICU beds for coronavirus patients in 33 private hospitals.
The capital has recorded 158 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday. Therefore, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital reaches over 6.35 lakh, while the death toll has mounted to 10,871.
Amidst the unrest in the national capital owing to the infamous tractor rally on the Republic Day and ongoing farmers’ protest, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava reshuffled charges of six IPS officers.
Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) tele-consultation services are using the existing e-Sanjeevani platform of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW). The consultation will be given four specialities --medicine, orthopaedics, eye and ENT
In another step to digitally strengthening the payments, Delhi Metro launched 'Autope' mobile app which offers an auto top-up smart travel card to the commuters.
The Government of Delhi carried a three-day trial of e-ticketing system in all the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and Cluster buses on route 473, from August 5 to August 7.
