Chandigarh: Successful efforts being made to contain the spread of corona in Haryana, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Sh. Mansukh Mandaviya has appreciated the Health Minister of the state, Sh. Anil Vij today. The Union Minister said in the video conferencing organised with various states of the country that ‘Haryana has done a good job in the work of corona vaccination and for this it deserves congratulations.’ He also appreciated the working style of Health Minister Anil Vij regarding maintaining a buffer stock of medicines.In VC, Health Minister Sh. Anil Vij said that Haryana has adequate medicines, infrastructure and other arrangements to deal with Corona. He also told that despite the high number of infected patients, very few patients are admitted in hospitals which is very good for us.
Appreciated due to good percentage of vaccination
In VC, Union Health Minister Sh. Mansukh Mandaviya said that after discussions with leading scientists of the country, that the number of people who have been given corona vaccine have lesser incidence of hospitalisation. Most of those people are admitted to the hospital are those who have not been vaccinated. He said that in near future, if children and people above 60 years of age are fully vaccinated, then we will be benefitted. Significantly, in Haryana, 104 percent of the first dose of corona vaccine and 79 percent of the second dose have been administered.
Lesser people are getting admitted to the hospital due to vaccination: Anil Vij
Health Minister Sh. Anil Vij said that vaccination is being done at a fast pace in Haryana and it has been beneficial. He said that health management is better and for this oxygen beds, ventilators, PSA plants have been installed. According to the present situation, 664 patients are on oxygen, 82 are on ventilator and 294 are in ICU.
Adequate medicines and equipment in Haryana : Anil Vij
The Health Minister said that adequate arrangements are being made to deal with Corona in the state of Haryana and continuous monitoring is being done. He said that adequate medicines and equipments, ventilators and other items are available in Haryana. He said that there are adequate PSA plants in the state which are in working condition while there are ventilators which are working properly. Apart from this, sufficient stock of oxygen concentrators and medicines are available in the state.
Present situation of corona in the state
The total active cases of corona are 51864 out of which 49955 active cases are in home isolation while 1909 are under treatment in corona infected hospitals. At the same time 2.14 crore beneficiaries have been administered the first dose of Corona while 1.63 crore beneficiaries have been administered the second dose. In 14 districts of the state, 100 percent first dose has been administered while 100 percent second dose has been administered in 3 districts. From January 3, the work of vaccination was started for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years, while from January 10, precaution doses have been started for beneficiaries above 60 years of age.