Will Import 21 Oxygen Plants From France, 18 Tankers From Bangkok: Delhi CM
Mumbai: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the medical oxygen situation in the national capital has improved as SOS messages from hospitals have been reduced in the past three days.
He also announced the procurement of oxygen tankers and plants from Thailand and France, respectively, in the coming days.
Arvind Kejriwal confirmed that the Delhi government has decided to import 18 oxygen tankers from Bangkok, Thailand, and they will start arriving from tomorrow.
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“We have requested the Centre to allow the use of Air Force planes for this. Talks are on, I’m very hopeful that talks will be successful. This will resolve the issue of transport,” he said.
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The state government is importing 21 ready-to-use oxygen plants from France which can be brought to use immediately. These will be installed at different hospitals and this will help us in resolving the oxygen crisis in that hospital.
“Over the last three days, SOS messages are not coming in the manner they were pouring in last week. The Centre and Delhi have worked together to sort it out. Transportation and logistical issues were sorted,” he said
“I want to thank the Centre for helping Delhi. A lot of individuals and governments are helping us. We thank them all,” CM added.
Meanwhile, Delhi has 20,201 new cases registered in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 1,047,916, according to the health department’s bulletin.
However, 380 people died in the last 24 hours, the highest ever single-day spike in deaths since the beginning of the pandemic last year. The caseload now includes 14,628 deaths, 940,930 recoveries and 92,358 active cases.
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