Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain stable, does not need oxygen support

NEW DELHI: The condition of Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain, who developed pneumonia after contracting Covid-19 recently, is stable.
Sources at Max Smart in Saket, where he is admitted, said the 55-year-old minister doesn’t have fever and he is not requiring oxygen support also. “He is stable and doing well. He might be shifted to a private room from the ICU soon,” the source said.
Jain was administered plasma therapy on Friday, hours after being shifted to Max Smart from Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty (RGSS) hospital. Sources said the plasma collected from Covid-19 patients who have already recovered and kept in the hospital’s blood bank was used for the purpose.
Doctors at RGSS hospital, where he was earlier admitted, on Thursday said he had been diagnosed with pneumonia and his oxygen saturation level had also dipped, prompting hospital authorities to shift him to an intensive care unit.
Union home minister Amit Shah took to Twitter to wish Jain a speedy recovery on Friday.
Jain had tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to RGSSH after running high-grade fever and suffering sudden drop in oxygen levels.