AIIMS Delhi cancels winter vacation, faculty asked to join duty immediately due to Omicron surge

New Delhi: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi on Tuesday cancelled the remaining part of winter vacation for all the medical staff from January 5 to January 10 and has asked the faculty members to join duty 'with immediate effect', in view of increasing Covid cases due to the Omicron variant of the virus.

As per a media report in the NDTV, around 50 patients have been admitted to the AIIMS trauma centre within the last two or three days because of Covid.

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In a notice, AIIMS said: "In continuation of the office of memoranda...it is to inform that the Competent Authority has decided to cancel the remaining part of the winter vacation i.e. from 5th to 10th January, 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19/Omicron Pandemic."

"COVID-19: AIIMS, Delhi cancels remaining part of winter vacation from January 5 to January 10; asks faculty members to join duty 'with immediate effect'," the notice further read.

The senior health ministry officials spoke to NDTV stating that this is not a good sign and the third wave should not be taken lightly by the country, since the delta variant is also prevalent along with the omicron variant. A health official said, "We are closely looking at it."

Meanwhile, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has decided to impose a weekend curfew in the national capital.

The Deputy Chief Minister informed that cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been rapidly rising. "Delhi has reported around 11,000 positive cases in the past 8-10 days, of which around 350 patients are in hospital, only 124 patients need oxygen and 7 are on a ventilator," he added.

Delhi has been witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks following the emergence of the Omicron variant, reports the ANI.

The city reported 4,099 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the positivity rate in the national capital to 6.46 per cent, Delhi's health department bulletin informed on Monday.

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