The daily COVID-19 positivity rate has reduced and now stands at 9.54 per cent, while the single-day recoveries continue to outnumber the new cases for the 12th consecutive day, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
The state government has decided to impose lockdown in the state to arrest the spread of COVID-19.
While talking to INDIA TV Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said we are making team to handle COVID situation in villages.
The Haryana government has extended Covid lockdown till May 17.
Making the announcement on Twitter, Home and Health Minister Anil Vij said, "Mahamari Alert / Surkshit Haryana announced from 10 May to 17 May. Stringent measures will be taken to contain spread of Corona in Haryana. Detailed order to be issued soon."
"Control and management of all Oxygen Generation Plants should be handed over to military or paramilitary forces for safety and smooth functioning of the plants," Vij said in a tweet.
Haryana on Saturday registered its biggest single-day jump of 125 deaths due to COVID-19, raising the toll to 4,341, while 13,588 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 5,01,566.
"This govt does not have any right to stay in power. Forget about providing the basic needs to the people, they have even failed to give them emergency services," Chautala told on Tuesday.
He said extra beds are being created at hospitals for infection patients and rejected the allegations that an oxygen tanker was stopped from going to Punjab.
Amid worsening COVID situation in the country, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on April 21 alleged that the Delhi government on April 20 looted the state's oxygen tanker which was going towards Faridabad. "We are being forced to give our oxygen to Delhi.
The minister's statement comes in the wake of a serious oxygen crisis in the national capital due to a steep rise in COVID-19 cases. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on Tuesday urged the Centre "with folded hands" to provide medical oxygen to Delhi.
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij in an exclusive talk with India TV talked about the coronavirus situation, exodus of migrants and how govt is planning to deal with COVID situation in the state.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij took a jibe at Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi after he tested positive for COVID-19. He said that if Gandhi finds difficulty in getting space in Delhi hospitals, he can come to Haryana and the State Government will give him better treatment. "The day COVID started, Rahul Gandhi has been passing various statements.
Haryana health minister Anil Vij has asked officers to implement strict COVID-19 rules in the state. He said that the government was ready to face the anger of people but not to see 'piles of bodies'. His statement comes hours after Haryana announced fresh COVID-19 guidelines in view of the surging cases.
In an Exclusive interaction with india tv Haryana Cabinet Minister Anil Vij spoke about PM Modi gets Bharat Biotech's Covaxin jab.
After Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh another Bharatiya Janata Part governed state, Haryana is set to present an anti-conversion bill against religious conversions.
After deleting a controversial tweet by Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Monday related to 21-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi, Twitter later restored it, saying the tweet is "not subject to removal" under its rules regarding online hate speech.
The minister is getting treatment under Dr Sushila Kataria, senior director of Internal Medicine Department at Medanta, sources told IANS, adding that the minister is suffering from lung infection.
Anil Vij was shifted from Civil Hospital at Ambala to PGIMS on Saturday night after he complained of discomfort. He had tested positive for COVID-19 on December 5.
Vij, who had last month got one shot of the two-dose trial of the COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin after he offered to be a volunteer, had on December 5 tested positive for the coronavirus.
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