By the end of 2021, India will be able to vaccinate at least all of its adult population, according to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. “Between August and December 2021, India will have procured 216 crore vaccine doses, while 51 crore doses will be obtained by July this year,” the minister said at a meeting to review the disease outbreak situation in nine states and union territories.
According to a health ministry tweet, Vardhan addressed the possibility that the virus could mutate in the future and threaten children, and said that health facilities are being upgraded to cope with any such emergency.
Vardhan also issued a warning about a growing trend in the region. According to the statement, he said that the smaller states are now showing an upward trend and that strong caution is needed. To combat the pandemic, he urged states to adopt the fundamental concepts of COVID-19-appropriate conduct, including testing, recording, tracing, handling, and now vaccinating.
He emphasised the importance of increasing vaccination rates and emphasised the importance of allocating 70% of vaccinations given by the federal government for the second dose. According to the statement, he also asked states and UTs to be concerned about vaccine waste.
The minister, who checked the public health response to COVID-19 and vaccination development in Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Ladakh, and Lakshadweep, said that all states and union territories have been requested to declare black fungus (Mucormycosis) as an outbreak and ensure that all cases are According to the statement, he told states that all relevant details and recommendations on diabetes management and restricted use of steroids have been issued.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised physicians, nurses, and paramedical workers in his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi earlier in the day for their contributions in combating Covid-19. During his video conference with healthcare professionals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new slogan: “Jahan bimar, wahin upchar (treatment of the sick at their doorstep),” claiming that this would relieve the burden that the second wave of COVID-19 has put on the country’s health system.
“A lot of work has been done, but there is also a need to concentrate on the rural areas of ‘Purvanchal’ (eastern region of Uttar Pradesh),” Modi stressed. The effect of the pandemic has been so vast that despite all efforts, numerous lives were lost, the prime minister said in a voice choked with emotion.
