The Delhi government will establish Covid-19 pop-up centers next week in and around central government offices in the New Delhi City Council (NDMC) area, and cell centers in weekly markets in the city, said a senior government official on the condition of anonymity.
The centres are part of the government’s efforts to accentuate testing in Delhi, in cases of higher cases and positivity rates. In recent days, the number of tests has increased significantly, from 24,198 according to Tuesday’s state bulletin to 36,219 according to Friday’s newsletter, even as the positivity rate increased from 9. 55% to 8%. The number of tests was the highest for the third day in a row.
The official said the places where the centers will be installed will be in the coming days. “The goal will be for the city’s central government workers to be able to get tested, although the centers will be open to everyone,” the official said. Additional.
Weekly markets, once common in Delhi, have been restarted as evidence, according to the official, you will also see on-site evidence through cell center vans that the district government already owns.
“This strategy is part of a broader plan to expand Covid-19 tests in the city,” the official said. On 26 August, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the capital would double its evidence from the point of approximately 20,000 it had at the time. and building up to 40,000 in a week.
The official said transitority control centers will use immediate antigen kits capable of producing effects in forty-five minutes. People who test negative despite having flu-like symptoms will be sent to RT-PCR controls, he added.
Delhi registered 2,914 new instances of Covid-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of instances registered in the capital to 185,220 so far. He also recorded thirteen deaths, with his death toll at 4. 5 thirteen.
Out of a total of 36,219 tests recorded on Friday, 8488 (23. 43%) RT-PCR tests and the remaining 27,731 were immediate antigenic tests. The General health services officer is executing a plan to increase the number and proportion of RT-PCR tests in the coming days, a government official said at one point, also on condition of anonymity.
Dr. Lalit Kant, former chief of epidemiology and communicable diseases at the Medical Research Council of India (ICMR), said: “It is a smart thing for the government to have stepped up testing. But they depend more on RT-PCR testing at this stage. Rapid antigenic testing can be performed aggressively in containment areas, hospitals and between high-risk equipment and special follow-up equipment».
Currently, 207 government clinics and 38 public hospitals in the city have immediate detection services for Covid-19 antigens open to all, free of charge. Temporary control centres have been established at anand Vihar Interstate Bus Terminal and New Delhi Exercise Station, which are witnessing a large influx of migrants returning to the city as blockade restrictions ease. There are also outdoor centres in the buildings of the Delhi High Court, the Supreme Court and the Delhi Secretariat, the government official said at the time.
The first official said Delhi would succeed in the 40,000 tests consistent with the day in two or three days.
Delhi Deputy Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday asked officials to draft a policy to introduce an “on-demand verification” program, in which others can call a hotline and schedule an appointment. you at the nearest Covid control center without having to wait in a queue. He also ordered the government to establish control centers near primary structure sites in the city.
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