NEW DELHI: With the number of coronavirus cases on a surge, Delhi government on Friday decided to take over five starred hotels for conversion into temporary hospitals to augment the beds available for Covid-19 patients. The hotels will be linked with the nearest private hospital designated as a Covid hospital. The government has also enlisted 10 other hotels for paid isolation stay for people with mild and pre-symptomatic Covid-19 signs.
Officials said using hotels would add around 2,000 beds to available facilities. Some hotels so requisitioned are Crown Plaza in Okhla Phase-I, Surya in New Friends Colony, Siddharth in Rajendra Place, Jivitesh on Pusa Road and Sheraton at Saket District Centre, to be, respectively, attached to Batra Hospital Centre and Research Centre, Indraprastha Apollo
