Ranchi: Prominent Covid-19 hospitals in Ranchi on Tuesday said they have stocked up enough oxygen to last 72 hours. On Monday night, the state department of health, medical education and family welfare asked all hospitals in the state to stock up liquid medical oxygen and ensure that they have alternate sources of power to keep their medical equipment functional.
The department’s directive was issued keeping in mind the cyclonic storm Yaas, which is due to make landfall in Odisha on Wednesday and head inland towards south Jharkhand the same day.
Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims), which currently has the capacity to treat 1,108 Covid-19 patients indoors, said it has stocked up 800 Jumbo D-type oxygen cylinders. “We have also procured two oxygen cylinder tanks and kept them on standby. Our own PSA Oxygen plant is fully functional and two of its tanks are full,” Dr Rakesh Ranjan, the chief medical officer of Rims, told TOI. After Covid-19 cases began declining, Rim
Ranchi: The Covid-19 toll in Ranchi breached the 1,000-mark on Tuesday and the state capital has emerged as the worst-hit among all 24 districts in Jharkhand. A major chunk of the casualties has been reported since mid-March during the second wave of the pandemic – the toll stood at 250 on March 16 and rose rapidly to 1,010 on Tuesday.
The overall positivity rate in the district has reached 10.52% from a low of 0.7% during the peak of first wave in August 2020. The positivity rate in May this year is at an all-time high of 19.15% indicating that one of every five samples tested are found to be infected with the novel coronavirus. The figure for April 2021 was 18.76% when the second wave started rising from 5.25% in March.
Ranchi: Technical glitches in the Co-WIN app 2.0 continued to mar the smooth execution of the phase-II of the vaccination drive in Ranchi for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. Despite interest among beneficiaries, the technical issues forced many to return without getting vaccinated.
On Monday, the Union government had rolled out the second phase of vaccination for people above 60 years of age and those above 45 years of age with co-morbid conditions, expanding the scope of coverage by allowing both self-registration option as well as walk-in at government and private hospitals with genuine identity cards such as voter id, Aadhaar and others, for availing the shots. At private hospital, the Centre has fixed a charge of Rs 250 per shot.
Ranchi/Jamshedpur: The registration and inoculation of more 37 lakh beneficiaries above the age of 60 and people with co-morbidities above 45 started across Jharkhand on Monday. As senior citizens flocked to vaccination centres, long queues were seen at various centres and some session sites also experienced technical glitches leading to a delay in the start of the drive.
Dr Ajit Prasad, state nodal officer for vaccination, said, “Any person who will reach the age of 60 on January 1, 2022, will be eligible for vaccination and can register themselves on the CoWIN 2.0 portal. The same goes for people suffering with co-morbidities and reaching 45 years of age. The beneficiaries can book a session through the portal or carry a specific set of documents and get themselves vaccinated at the site.”