3 more hospitals designed for Omicron in Delhi
New Delhi, Dec 18: Amid rising cases of Covid-19 Omicron strain, the Delhi government on Saturday designated three private hospitals to treat suspects and patients.
The three hospitals — all in the private sector — added to the list are Batra Hospital, Fortis Vasant Kunj and Sir Ganga Ram City Hospital.
The LNJP Hospital and Max Hospital in Saket were identified earlier to treat the patients.
Hours after Delhi recorded 10 cases of Omicron variant, two more cases were confirmed in the national capital on Friday evening, official sources told UNI.
One of the two patients is admitted to Max Hospital in Saket, hospital sources told UNI.
The sources said the patient had recently gone abroad and tested positive for Covid-19 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
“His condition is stable for now,” the sources added.
On Friday, 10 fully vaccinated international travellers including a few who have got booster doses of Covid vaccine were confirmed for Omicron variant in Delhi.
They had arrived from Tanzania (1), Belgium (1), the UK (4) and Dubai (4).
Delhi reported its first case of the Omicron variant on December 5.