New Delhi: Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday examined constructive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre in Delhi for therapy.
This comes a day after Dr Singh wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi concerning the steps that the federal government ought to take to deal with Covid-19 whereas stating the nation is “facing an unprecedented emergency”.
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to want Dr Manmohan Singh a speedy restoration. “Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji, Wishing you a speedy recovery. India needs your guidance and advice in this difficult time,” he wrote.
Dr Singh in his letter on Sunday advised 5 methods the federal government can defeat the pandemic and mentioned the very first step earlier than implementing them is to simply accept the nation is going through an financial disaster.
The Congress veteran in his letter written amid the surge in coronavirus instances emphasised that the enlargement of Covid vaccination programme is a giant a part of pandemic administration, including there’s a want to withstand the temptation to have a look at absolute numbers vaccinated and as a substitute concentrate on proportion of inhabitants vaccinated.
Dr Singh mentioned, “the government should publicise what are the firm orders for doses placed on different vaccine producers and accepted for delivery over the next six months”.
“If we want to vaccinate a target number in this period, we should place enough orders in advance so that producers can adhere to an agreed schedule of supply,” he added.
Dr Singh additional wrote, “the states should be given some flexibility to define categories of frontline workers who can be vaccinated even if they are below 45 years of age”.
Pointing out that India has over the previous few a long time emerged as the most important vaccine producer on the earth because of insurance policies adopted by the federal government and sturdy mental property safety, Dr Singh added: “The capacity is largely in the private sector. At this moment of a public health emergency, the government must proactively support vaccine producers to expand their manufacturing facilities quickly by providing funds and other concessions”.
Meanwhile, updates relating to the previous Prime Minister’s heath are awaited.
