- BJP starts helpline to give free guidance to patients, kin
NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, JAN 11
Gujarat government on Tuesday decided to impose new COVID restrictions in the state in the wake of the rising number of Omicron cases. As per the new directive, there will be a cap on the number of people attending events like political, social, educational, cultural, religious programs. The limit can be up to 50% venue capacity or a max of 150 persons.
🩺ઘરે બેઠાં ફૉન પર મેળવો ડૉક્ટરની સલાહ
👨⚕️ દરેક રોગના નિષ્ણાત પાસેથી સલાહ મેળવવા આજે જ ડાયલ કરો હેલ્પલાઇન નંબર 94082 16170 pic.twitter.com/gfi7R6zaY7
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) January 11, 2022
The decision came after a COVID committee meeting.
Gujarat reported 7,476 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, crossing the 7,000-mark for the first time in nearly eight months, raising its overall tally to 8,75,777, while three more patients succumbed to the infection in the state, the health department said.
Gujarat had last reported more than 7,000 cases in a day at 7,135 on May 17 last year. On Monday, the state had recorded 6,097 COVID-19 cases and two deaths. Three more patients died – one each in Valsad, Surat and Porbandar – raising the number of COVID-19 fatalities in the state to 10,133, said the department in a release.
હાલમાં શહેરમાં કુલ 182 માઈક્રો કન્ટેઈન્મેન્ટ ઝોન અમલમાં છે.
ત્યારે #COVID19 સંક્રમણ અટકાવવા અ.મ્યુ.કો. દ્વારા આજે જાહેર કરાયેલા નવા કુલ 19 માઈક્રો કન્ટેઈન્મેન્ટ ઝોનની યાદી. pic.twitter.com/v8HYTakj7y— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) January 11, 2022
Only 2,704 patients recovered during the day, pushing the number of discharged cases to 8,28,406, the release said. With this, the number of active cases in the state has increased further to 37,238. Ahmedabad city alone reported 2,861 new cases, while Surat accounted for 1,988 cases. District-wise, Ahmedabad (2,903), Surat (2,124), Vadodara (606), and Rajkot (319) accounted for nearly 80 per cent of the total cases in the last 24 hours, the department said.
Among other districts, Valsad reported 189 new cases, Bhavnagar 152, and Gandhinagar 182. The health department did not provide the case positivity rate recorded in the state. A total of 3.30 lakh people were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday, out of which 1.29 lakh citizens received their ‘precaution dose,’ taking the number of vaccine shots administered so far in Gujarat to 9.38 crore, the release said.
As many as 29 new coronavirus cases were registered in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, pushing the overall tally to 10,831,officials said. The number of active coronavirus cases in the Union Territory rose to 147, they said. Of the total case recorded so far in the UT, 10,680 people have recovered, while four patients have died, the officials said.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are positive cases 8,75,777, new cases 7,476, death toll 10,133, discharged 8,28,406, active cases 37,238, people tested so far – figures not released.
BJP starts helpline to give free guidance to patients, kin
The ruling BJP in Gujarat on Tuesday launched a helpline to provide free guidance from specialist doctors to coronavirus patients and their relatives in the state.
Infected persons or their relatives can avail expert opinion and guidance about COVID-19 symptoms, medicines, availability of beds or any other related aspect over the phone by dialing 9408216170, Gujarat BJP general secretary Rajni Patel said.
“To handle the calls, the Gujarat BJP’s medical cell will form a COVID-19 task force having a panel of 50 to 60 doctors in each district. Till now, 2,500 doctors have come forward and registered themselves to provide services on a voluntary basis,” BJP medical cell convener Dr Dharmendra Gajjar said.
“The number released today is a centralized number. If a patient from Bhavnagar calls us for expert opinion or wants to clear some doubts, we will send him a list of all registered specialist doctors of Bhavnagar. This initiative will help many because most patients are currently home isolated,” said Gajjar.
