PM Modi Holds Covid Review Meet With Six CMs, Asks To Utlise Emergency Response Package

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and Maharashtra, the place the variety of Covid-19 instances have risen in a number of districts or haven’t come down within the latest previous.

PM mentioned that the states are witnessing the identical scenario which they’d in January and February and to guard themselves from the havoc just like April they should take stringent measures and concentrate on extra testing and vaccinating.

“The states reporting high new cases need to take proactive measures to stop the possibility of a third wave of COVID19. We need to move ahead with a focus on ‘Test-Track-Treat- Vaccinate’ approach”, mentioned PM Modi.

“The govt of India has announced a Rs 23,000 crore emergency response package to combat COVID19. The States must use funds from this package to strengthen health infrastructure. Infrastructural gaps need to be filled. There is also a need to focus on rural areas”, mentioned PM Modi.

PM mentioned that the states have to adapt the method taken by the northeastern states and concentrate on the micro containment zones as an alternative of locking down a complete state or metropolis. He mentioned that extra monitoring must be completed in rural areas and vaccination ought to be ramped as much as preserve the third wave from getting into India.

PM Modi additionally mentioned that because the scientists have been alerting about third-wave more likely to affect the kids, states ought to be prepared with all of the medical amenities and will raises consciousness about constructing immunity for youngsters.

The authorities had mentioned earlier that almost 73.4 per cent of latest Covid-19 instances reported up to now in July are from Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha.

On Tuesday, PM Modi had met the chief ministers of the northeastern states just about and expressed considerations about folks speeding to vacationer spots and marketplaces with out carrying masks and never following social distancing.