Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 20: With the rising cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged the Centre to allow booster doses against COVID-19 for fully vaccinated people.
He said that the samples of all positive cases of new variant will be sent for genome sequencing.
“I urge the Centre to allow citizens to take booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine for increased immunity against the virus. Delhi government has the infrastructure to conduct booster dose drives,” Kejriwal said at a Delhi government briefing.
“We have decided to come up with Delhi Teachers’ University. The bill will be tabled in the upcoming Assembly session,” he added.
He also said that given the rise in Omicron cases for past few days, now all positive cases in Delhi will be sent for genome sequencing. In order to strengthen the home isolation program, a review meeting will be held on December 23.
Meanwhile, four more Omicron cases were reported in Delhi on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the national capital to 28. The Delhi government on Saturday converted four private hospitals into dedicated centres for the treatment of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron.
