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Delhi set to use Hotels, Banquets for Covid care

The Delhi Government had on Saturday night declared small and medium multispeciality nursing homes having 10 to 49 beds as ‘Covid Nursing Homes’ to increase the bed capacity for Coronavirus patients. The government is also plans to use a total of 40 hotels and 77 banquet halls as makeshift hospitals, a move that is expected to add over 15,800 beds to the city-state’s health care infrastructure. The Covid-19 case tally in the capital has reached 36,000 and more than 1,200 people have died due to the virus.
Reacting on this development, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwai said that after this initiative Delhi will add at least 5000 more beds to cure Corona patients across the Capital. He assured that Government Officials are in touch with owners of the nursing homes to resolve their issues to make it more fruitful.

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