New Delhi: AIIMS Faculty’s winter break cancelled

COVID-19 cases are still a concern, and the possibility of Omicron remains big, thus all medical staff at India’s leading health institute and hospital, AIIMS in Delhi, has been urged to return to work immediately.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, or AIIMS, has decided to cancel their faculty’s Christmas holiday.

COVID 19 has resulted in around 50 patients being admitted to AIIMS trauma centre in the previous two to three days, according to sources.

Senior Health Ministry officials told NDTV that’s not a good sign and the country should not take the third wave lightly, as the Delta variant is also very much in circulation along with Omicron. “We are closely looking at it,” a top health official told NDTV, asking not to be named.

The urgent recall of faculty at AIIMS comes on a day when the Delhi Disaster Management Authority, or DDMA, decided to impose weekend curfew in the national capital.

Government employees, barring those engaged in essential services, will be asked to work from home. Private offices will remain open with 50 per cent capacity.