New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has examined constructive for COVID-19, an AIIMS official confirmed on Monday. “Former PM Manmohan Singh tests positive for COVID19, admitted to AIIMS Trauma Centre in Delhi,” mentioned an AIIMS official was quoted as saying by ANI.
On Saturday, Singh participated in a gathering with prime Congress leaders, together with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on the coronavirus state of affairs within the nation.
While on Sunday, the senior Congress chief Manmohan Singh had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the grim COVID-19 state of affairs within the nation and beneficial methods to sort out the present disaster.
In his letter to PM Modi, Singh careworn ramping up COVID-19 vaccination efforts and recommended that the main focus have to be placed on the proportion of the entire inhabitants vaccinated as a substitute of absolute numbers.
“The key to our combat towards COVID-19 have to be ramping up the vaccination effort. We should resist the temptation to take a look at absolutely the numbers being vaccinated, and focus as a substitute on the proportion of the inhabitants vaccinated,” the letter learn.
In reply, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday shared his response to Singh’s letter saying that the historical past can be kinder to him (Manmohan Singh) if solely his personal social gathering had adopted his recommendation.
