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Delhi has 750 tonnes of medical oxygen, 122 tonnes are produced now
New Delhi: Delhi set to raise awareness and guideless to combat the new strain of COVID-19- "Omicron." Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal talked about the current situation of the medical facilities like medical oxygen stocks amid concerns over Omicron, a variant known to be highly transmissible first detected in South Africa.
According to the Kejriwal Govt., 30,000 oxygen beds are ready and 17,000 intensive care unit, or ICU, beds will be ready by February. Delhi has 750 tonnes of medical oxygen. There are extra storage tanks of 442 tonnes and the city is producing had 0 capacity before. 121 tonnes oxygen Delhi produces now.
Delhi is prepared for the home isolation of patients infected with the Omicron variant.
Devices fitted to oxygen tanks in hospitals are tracking levels in real-time, minute by minute, to see which tank has how much oxygen left. A control room monitors this. Delhi has 6,000 empty oxygen cylinders from China.
Earlier, The second wave infection intensely affected oxygen saturation levels in patients, leaving them gasping for breath.
The sudden need for a large amount of medical oxygen had thrown the entire medical infrastructure in Delhi and other cities in disarray, which could be solved only after oxygen production was raised.
Omicron can harm oxygen saturation levels in patients. Doctors in South Africa have said Omicron infection symptoms may include extreme tiredness.
In a tweet by Delhi Lt. Baijal, "It was decided that a mandatory RT-PCR test would be needed for travellers coming from these affected countries and samples of those who test positive would be sent for genome sequencing."
Mr Baijal said, "To effectively tackle the emerging situation, Officials were advised to strictly enforce the guidelines for international arrivals as issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI in coordination with the Ministry of Civil Aviation."
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