Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, held a meeting today through through video conferencing to review the activities taken under the “Jan Andolan” on COVID-19 Appropriate Behaviour with the Heads of all AIIMS and Central Government Hospitals.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan highlighted the importance of the coming months in the country’s collective fight against the pandemic and said, “We are now entering into the tenth month of our fight against COVID-19. It was on the 8th of January when we had our first meeting of the expert group. Since then, the journey has been relentless. But today, we can proudly say that we have created significant infrastructure for our fight against COVID which includes over 90 lakh beds, over 12,000 quarantine centres and more than 1900 labs.”
#Unite2FightCorona @drharshvardhan today conveyed Prime Minister Sh. @narendramodi ‘s clarion call of building a #JanAndolan against #COVID to all the Directors of AIIMS and other Medical Institutions under the Union Government. https://t.co/iOaVC4jmQz pic.twitter.com/rvGEt2HUGE
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) October 14, 2020
He also expressed his deep gratitude and salutations for the tireless and dedicated efforts by all warriors and expressed grief over the death of those warriors who sacrificed their life saving others.
He further stated, “The next two and half months are going to be very crucial for us in our fight against corona because of the winter season and the festival season. It becomes responsibility of every citizen to not let our guard down and follow COVID appropriate behaviour to curb spread of the infection.”
He urged people across the country to follow the clarion call of the Hon. Prime Minister as part of the ‘Jan Andolan’ that was launched on the 8th of this month. He said, “Next Two and Half months are going to be crucial in our fight against Corona because of the oncoming festival season and winters. Till the time a vaccine is available, follow the Social Vaccine.”
Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, “The virus has adversely affected the whole world. But simple precautionary measures are effective in preventing the coronavirus to a large extent. Wearing mask/face cover especially in public spaces, and following hand and respiratory etiquettes are the cardinal principles of social vaccine.”
Today, I presided over a meeting with the Heads of all #AIIMS & Central Govt Hospitals on #COVID appropriate behaviour.
The meeting was held via virtual conference.@MoHFW_INDIA @PMOIndia #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/6SlVlzHakc
— Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) October 14, 2020
He stressed on the importance of physical distancing for effective containment of the disease. The Union Minister asked all the heads of medical institutions to be the frontrunners in showcasing the importance of this Social Vaccine to break the chain of transmission of the disease in the country.
“India is continuously recording new milestones in treatment of Covid. Our Recovery rate is the highest in the world and the fatality is amongthe lowest in the world. The Active Cases are constantly declining. All the parameters have proven the success of the COVID-19 containment strategy followed by all States and UTs under the dynamic guidance of the Hon’ble Prime Minister. We have successfully ramped up our testing capacity which has crossed 9 Cr today. India also has now become self reliant in terms of masks and PPE kits which we earlier used to import,” he added.
He also asked the heads of Medical Institutes to play a leadership role in motivating people and spreading awareness by organising meeting with influential persons, local NGOs, schools etc.
