Amid rising COVID cases in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting with Chief Ministers via video conferencing to assess the health situation across the nation.
Apart from the Prime Minister and senior officials of the Prime Minister’s Office, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, and officials from their respective Ministries are also present at the meeting.
The Prime Minister said that we cannot let our guard down and have to stay alert as it is clear that the COVID challenge has yet not been surpassed.
“Despite managing the COVID crisis well as compared to other countries, we can see cases’ uptick in states now. We have to stay alert. It’s clear that the COVID challenge has yet not been surpassed”, PM Modi said.
“It’s a matter of pride for every citizen that 96% of our adult population has been vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine and 85 % of the eligible population above 15 years of age inoculated with the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine”, Modi added.
“Coordination between state and Centre is very important. Russia-Ukraine war has affected the supply chain which has posed many challenges. Hence Cooperative Federalism is important. Scaling-up of manpower and medical infrastructure was also discussed in today’s COVID review meeting”, said PM Modi.
