With India going through a surge in COVID-19 instances, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday urged the Centre to evolve a nationwide coverage to deal with the pandemic after bringing a few political consensus on it. In a video message, she mentioned it’s time for the central and state governments to get up and fulfil their duties.
Gandhi additionally mentioned COVID-19 jabs must be offered freed from price to all residents and sought obligatory licensing to ramp up vaccine manufacturing to pace up the nation’s inoculation drive to assist save Indians. “I urge the central government to evolve a national policy to deal with the COVID crisis in the country and a strategy to bring about a political consensus over it,” the Congress president mentioned.
She additionally mentioned that the central authorities ought to “first think about the poor and provide them with Rs 6,000 each to the bank accounts of all to stop their migration, till the end of the pandemic”. Gandhi known as for growing testing and checking the black advertising of important life-saving medicine apart from offering oxygen, medicines and different gear to hospitals on a war-footing.
The discrimination over vaccine pricing ought to finish and black advertising of life-saving medicine be stopped and all industrial oxygen be offered to hospitals for medical functions, she mentioned. The Congress chief mentioned her celebration will stand with the Centre within the combat in opposition to the pandemic and appealed to all Indians to unite in these testing occasions.
She additionally prayed for the great well being of all Indians throughout these difficult occasions of the pandemic and provided her heartfelt condolences to the lakhs of households who’ve misplaced their family members. “Our country is facing the pandemic and lakhs of our citizens have been affected by coronavirus everyday. This crisis is the testing time for all of us and we have to hold each other’s hands, support each other and be their strength. “The present occasions have shattered humanity, with many states going through scarcity of beds, oxygen and life-saving medicines,” she said, urging everyone to avoid moving out of their homes unless necessary.
She also called upon all to unite and try and help each other leaving aside any discrimination. “I’m assured that you’ll perceive the seriousness of the COVID pandemic and can contribute as a citizen. I hope the nation will quickly reach popping out of this disaster,” Gandhi said in her five-minute video message.
She complimented the doctors and nursing staff and all health workers who are treating all those affected with COVID while risking their lives. India’s daily COVID-19 cases reached a record high of 4,01,993 on Saturday, taking the cumulative caseload to 1,91,64,969. The death toll climbed to 2,11,853 with 3,523 fresh fatalities, according to Union health ministry data.
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