New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the nation on the coronavirus state of affairs urging the states to not impose lockdown measures and that it should be the last resort.
PM Modi additionally mentioned that the Centre is working in tandem with the state governments to avail them the requisite quantity of vaccines, oxygen and medicines.
“This time the demand for oxygen has spiked in many parts. We are working on this. Centre, states and private sectors are trying to ensure every needy patient gets oxygen. New oxygen plants in states, using industrial oxygen for medical use, Oxygen Express – we are doing everything,” he mentioned.
While on vaccines, the Prime Minister mentioned that India is the world’s most cost-effective vaccine supplier. “Vaccines in line with India’s cold storage facilities. The regulatory processes and approvals have been fast-tracked,” PM mentioned.
On calls for for increasog the manufacturing of medicines, PM Modi mentioned that the pharma sector has elevated the manufacturing of medicines and extra medicines are being manufactured now.
“Yesterday I spoke to pharma experts yesterday. We are taking the help of every pharma firm… India has a strong Pharma sector that produces medicines very fast. We are increasing beds. Building Covid hopsitals,” he mentioned.
The Prime Minister expressed his condolences on the lack of lives on this pandemic saying, “I’m conscious of the hardships you might be dealing with. I lengthen my condolences to those that have misplaced a liked one,” the Prime Minister mentioned.
He referred to as the second wave ‘a storm’ and mentioned that the nation is as soon as once more “fighting a huge battle”.
India has been struggling in maintaining the second wave of the coronavirus wave underneath test and has been reporting greater than two lakh circumstances for nearly every week.
