India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
New Delhi, Apr 27: Delhi will have additional 1,200 ICU beds by May 10, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday, terming the current wave of COVID-19 as dangerous and contagious.
He said that a 500 ICU bed-facility will come up at Ramlila Maidan — one of the biggest grounds in the national capital — while another facility having similar capacity will be set up near city”s GTB Hospital.
Earlier in the day, the chief minister visited both the sites to take stock of preparations with Health Minister Satyendar Jain and senior officers.
He said 200 ICU beds are also being readied at Radha Soami Satsang Beas in Delhi”s Chhatarpur area.
“It has been noticed that the current wave is particularly dangerous. It is supremely contagious and those who are contracting it are not able to recover as swiftly as was noticed in the previous wave,” Kejriwal said in an online media…