70 per cent Covid beds vacant, no serious situation like last year: Nitin Patel

Gandhinagar: Covid19 patients at present come with primary symptoms and many of them do not need hospitalisation. Over 70 per cent Covid beds are vacant in Gujarat govt run hospitals. ICU beds, and ventilators attached beds are also vacant. We’re prepared, said Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel today in reply to media query at the State assembly complex here today.,

There’s no serious situation like last year. Those infected with Covid, get treatment, take rest and get recover in 15 days in normal course. We don’t find patients with serious covid issue this year compared to same time last year, the Deputy Chief Minister said in reply to another query.

When asked by media persons, whether scribes will be covered in vaccination, Patel replied, we have sent request to the Centre to permit vaccination of some professional groups including journalists, after current phase of vaccination of senior citizens is over.I have seen, journalists friends working in the field amid danger of Covid infection throughout the year.

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