Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan shows a Covishield vaccine vial.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday stated he personally feels that there isn’t any need for a national lockdown once more and people just need to follow the covid applicable behaviour strictly to battle the second wave of coronavirus.
Speaking solely to India TV throughout Swasthya Sammelan, the Union Health Minister stated that “we just need to follow and implement Covid applicable behaviour which we discovered through the earlier lockdown final yr for a while to management the unfold of instances.
“At this point, I don’t personally feel that there is a need for a lockdown again. The need for a complete shutdown was last year as there was no preparation. But now we have all systems in place, we all learned how to fight the pandemic. At present, we just need to implement how we learned to fight the pandemic by following basic Covid guideline,” Dr Harsh Vardhan stated.
“Everything can be controlled in a month or 2 if people take it seriously,” he added.
The Union Health Minister additional stated, “I want to thank all the healthcare workers for the kind of unprecedented work they have been doing. Over 65 thousand vaccine centres are working across the country.”
“‘Tika Utsav’ will have an important role to play in India’s fight against Covid pandemic,” he talked about.
“Coronavirus cases have shot up tremendously in the last couple of months due to people’s negligence and casual approach. People were not taking Covid appropriate measures such as wearing face mask, maintaining social distance and others,” the Union Health Minister stated.
“Fatality rate in India is one of the lowest in the world,” Dr Harsh Vardhan added.
The Union Health Minister suggested people that vaccine helps in constructing immunity towards Coronavirus. People ought to perceive that vaccine plus Covid applicable behaviour is necessary.
“The war against Covid was fought with great unity by the people of the country, now the vaccination program should also be taken forward by everyone on the same line,” he stated.
On vaccine availability, Dr Harsh Vardhan stated, “there is no shortage of vaccine. We have all data regarding doses provided to states. The government is working to help manufacturing companies to step up production capacity.”
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