NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JAN 11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with chief ministers over the COVID-19 situation in the country amid a surge in coronavirus cases due to its Omicron variant. The interaction has been held via video-conferencing.
કોરોના-ઓમિક્રોન સંક્રમણની સ્થિતીની સમીક્ષા માટે આદરણીય વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી @narendramodi જી સાથે વિડીયો કોન્ફરન્સથી સહભાગી થઈ માર્ગદર્શન પ્રાપ્ત થયું હતું.કોરોના સામે વિજય મેળવવા સૌથી કારગત હથિયાર રસીકરણ છે. pic.twitter.com/n5qUBEyhit
— Bhupendra Patel (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Bhupendrapbjp) January 13, 2022
The meeting came on a day India logged 2,47,417 new infections, the highest in 236 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,63,17,927, which included 5,488 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar were among those present. Fresh curbs have been imposed in various parts of the country to check the spread of the highly transmissible virus.
- The way the central and state governments had adopted a pre-emptive, proactive and collective approach, the same is the mantra of victory this time as well
- India has given the first dose to about 92 percent of the adult population. The coverage of the second dose has also reached around 70 percent
- Momentum of the economy should be maintained. So it would be better to focus more on local containment
- Irrespective of variants, vaccination remains the most potent way to deal with the pandemic
Addressing the meeting, the Prime Minister noted that India’s battle with the biggest pandemic of 100 years has now entered its third year. “Hard work is our only path and victory is our only option. We, 130 crore people of India, will surely emerge victorious against Corona with our efforts,” he said.
In the meeting chaired by Hon'ble @PMOIndia today, I enumerated the actions taken by us and reiterated that we are fully prepared to deal with the #COVID19 infections. pic.twitter.com/HMw33bC0ea
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) January 13, 2022
The Prime Minister said the earlier confusion about Omicron is slowly getting cleared now. The Omicron variant is infecting the general public many times faster than the earlier variants.
“We have to be alert, be careful, but we also have to take care that there is no panic situation. We have to see that in this festive season, the alertness of the people and the administration is not lowered anywhere. The way the central and state governments had adopted a pre-emptive, proactive and collective approach, the same is the mantra of victory this time as well. The more we can limit the corona infection, the less the problem will be,” he added.
The Prime Minister said irrespective of the variant, proven way to tackle the pandemic remains vaccination only. He remarked that made in India vaccines are proving their superiority all over the world. It is a matter of pride for every Indian that today India has given the first dose to about 92 percent of the adult population. The coverage of the second dose has also reached around 70 percent in the country, he informed. The Prime Minister highlighted that within 10 days, India has also vaccinated about 30 million of its adolescents. The sooner the precaution dose is given to the frontline workers and senior citizens, the more the capacity of our healthcare system will increase.
“We have to intensify the Har Ghar Dastak campaign for 100% vaccination”, he added. He also stressed the need to counter any misinformation about vaccines or the practice of wearing masks.
