Health department principal secretary Pratyaya Amrit said based on projections that there would around two lakh Covid positive cases in the state over the next 10 days, the Bihar government has requisitioned 300 metric tonnes of Oxygen per day from the Centre.
He said the health department would set up 100 to 150-bed temporary Covid care centres with oxygen facility in every district.
He said Bihar State Medical Corporation Limited (BMSICL) has been authorised to procure cryogenic oxygen tanks as well as 100 TrueNat machines.
Bihar is only state in the country to give one-month additional salary to doctors involved in Covid treatment.