Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday inspected a COVID Care Centre at the Ramlila Ground near GTB hospital. Kejriwal said that by 11th May, 500 ICU beds will be ready for use here and near LNJP at the main Ramlila Ground too, 500 ICU beds will be set up in some days.

These 1,000 beds are expected to reduce the scarcity of ICU beds in the city. Kejriwal said that the city’s vaccine supply is acute, with stocks that would last for just 3-4 days. He appealed to the Centre to send the required amount of vaccines to Delhi as soon as possible.

CM Kejriwal had tweeted, “500 ICU beds have been constructed in 2 weeks at Ramlila Maidan opp. GTB hospital. Patients will be admitted from tomorrow. My heartfelt gratitude to all the engineers who made it happen in record time. By this evening, we are expected to receive 1,000 oxygen cylinders, and in the next 3-4 days we expect additional oxygen cylinders to arrive. We are creating new oxygen beds across the city, and hope that Delhi will no longer see any shortage of beds.”