Delhi Government to set up oxygen plants for the third wave, says Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Government to set up oxygen plants for the third wave, says Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is preparing for the third wave of Covid-19, for which he said that The Delhi Government will buy oxygen tankers and set up pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants up to 300 Metric tonnes (MT) and set up more beds to prepare the Capital for another wave.

According to the statement, "Day before yesterday, I held a meeting to decide on the steps to be taken to prepare for the third wave. The people of Delhi should not face the problems that emerged during the second wave of Covid-19 again. We have made a team of officers that will list all preparations to be made." He also said that the Delhi Government will buy its own oxygen tankers and install PSA oxygen plants in the city on a "war footing". He said Delhi's regular oxygen consumption on a daily basis is about 250 MT.

Whereas for children, The Chief Minister said that the," government has made a separate team that is looking into aspects ranging from the line of treatment if they contract the infection to the medical supplies they will need. For example, oxygen masks for children need to be smaller. So, the team is looking into things like this. If we had completed the vaccination drive, we would have got some relief from covid-19, but this is not the case. We have repeatedly asked the Centre for more vaccine doses because we have just had a day's stock left. We hope the Centre sends doses soon".