Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has asserted that the government is committed to ensuring adequate
availability of COVID vaccines in the country. Mr Modi highlighted that
India has become the fastest nation to reach the landmark of ten crore
vaccinations. Interacting with Governors and Lt Governors through video
conferencing, Prime Minister said, during the four days of Tika Utsav,
the vaccination drive was expanded and new vaccination centres also came
up.
Mr Modi said, Governors can spread awareness about AYUSH-related
remedies along with spreading message about vaccination and treatment.
Praising the citizens who participated in this battle last year
considering it their duty, the Prime Minister said, the same feeling of
Janbhagidari needs to be encouraged now as well. Mr Modi said that the
combined power of all community organizations, political parties, NGOs
and social institutions needs to be harnessed.
Prime Minister suggested that the Governors can actively engage to
ensure that social institutions collaborate seamlessly with the State
Governments towards micro containment. He said, their social network can
help ensure an increase in the capacity of ambulances, ventilators and
oxygen in hospitals.
Discussing the surge in the Covid cases, Mr Modi said, in this stage
of the fight against the virus, the country stands to gain from last
year’s experience and improved healthcare capacity. He also discussed
the increase RT-PCR testing capacity and noted that the country has
become Aatmanirbhar with respect to kits and other material related to
testing.
Speaking on ther occasion, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu asked
Governors to collaborate actively with Chief Ministers in the fight
against COVID-19. He said, they can provide guidance to the state
governments on crafting a more effective strategy. The Vice President
said, the Governors can act as potential agents of change and
supplement the efforts of Chief Ministers in encouraging more partners
to contribute in the fight against the pandemic. Mr Naidu asked the
Governors to work with the state governments and make it a people’s
movement. He said educational institutions, civil society organizations,
philanthropists and corporate houses have become active partners during
the last one year in the fight against pandemic and there is need to
associate them during this second wave as well.
Emphasizing that the importance of adopting Covid-appropriate behaviour
needs to be widely communicated, he said, the Governors can greatly
expand the public outreach and influence public behaviour. Mr Naidu
underlined that the spread of the virus can be controlled with the
support of the community.
Expressing concern over the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the
country, Mr Naidu cautioned that the healthcare infrastructure will
inevitably come under tremendous pressure. He called for special focus
on ten states that account for 85 percent of national cases and 89
percent deaths reported in the last 14 days.
The Vice President also noted that the
Central government has decided the COVID-19 strategy in close
collaboration with the states and called upon everyone to keep political
differences aside and act unitedly as a team. He also endorsed the
Prime Minister’s suggestion for an all-party meeting saying it will help
in brainstorming new ideas, sharing of knowledge and exchange of best
practices and effective understanding of field concerns and various
perspectives.
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(With input from news agency language)
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