JAIPUR: Providing relief to the staff deployed at RUHS hospital, the biggest dedicated Covid hospital in the state, the state government has brought a rotation policy under which after every two months of Covid duty, the staff will be replaced with the new fleet of nursing staff.
Amid fear of third wave, the decision has been taken keeping in mind the shortage of nurses in RUHS hospital which provides treatment to Covid patients. The health department has decided to give a break to nursing staff after two months of deployment at RUHS hospital.
The health department has issued directions to SMS medical college principal and controller to deploy 30 nurses for two months and they will be replaced by fresh batch of nurses, said a health department official.
While speculation is rife about the third wave, which may emerge in the last week of August, the state has reported increase in Covid cases for the second consecutive day. Though the increase is marginal, the health department officials are appealing to the people to keep following Covid-appropriate behaviour.
Forty persons tested positive for Covid in the state on Thursday bringing its overall tally to 9,53,773. On August 3, the state had reported 11 new infections while 18 persons were found infected with the virus on August 4. Now, 40 new infections were reported from different parts of the state.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (13), Pali (5), Udaipur (5), Nagaur (4), Alwar (4), Ajmer (2), Banswara (2), Hanumangarh (2), Sikar (2) and Bikaner (1). Though 10 districts have reported new infections, 23 did not report even a single infection in the past 24 hours.
No death has been reported. The state’s toll stands at 8,954.
Active cases in the state on August 4 stood at 211, but they rose to 231 on Thursday.
Amid fear of third wave, the decision has been taken keeping in mind the shortage of nurses in RUHS hospital which provides treatment to Covid patients. The health department has decided to give a break to nursing staff after two months of deployment at RUHS hospital.
The health department has issued directions to SMS medical college principal and controller to deploy 30 nurses for two months and they will be replaced by fresh batch of nurses, said a health department official.
While speculation is rife about the third wave, which may emerge in the last week of August, the state has reported increase in Covid cases for the second consecutive day. Though the increase is marginal, the health department officials are appealing to the people to keep following Covid-appropriate behaviour.
Forty persons tested positive for Covid in the state on Thursday bringing its overall tally to 9,53,773. On August 3, the state had reported 11 new infections while 18 persons were found infected with the virus on August 4. Now, 40 new infections were reported from different parts of the state.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (13), Pali (5), Udaipur (5), Nagaur (4), Alwar (4), Ajmer (2), Banswara (2), Hanumangarh (2), Sikar (2) and Bikaner (1). Though 10 districts have reported new infections, 23 did not report even a single infection in the past 24 hours.
No death has been reported. The state’s toll stands at 8,954.
Active cases in the state on August 4 stood at 211, but they rose to 231 on Thursday.
