New Delhi|HL
Amid increasing the corona cases Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a virtual review meeting on Covid-19.
ensuring adequate health infrastructure at the district level and accelerating the vaccination drive for adolescents in mission mode.
Explaining that the coronavirus has been evolving continuously, Modi underlined the need for continuous scientific research in testing and vaccines besides pharmacological interventions, including genome sequencing, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement.
Highlighting the need to ensure effective usage of masks and physical distancing measures as a new normal to control the spread of Covid, Modi called for effective implementation of home isolation for mild and asymptomatic cases and to disseminate the factual information to the community at large.
Conveying gratitude for the relentless services provided by healthcare workers in managing the pandemic, he said ensuring precaution dose for them and other frontline workers should be taken up in mission mode, it said.
This meeting was held at a time when both the Delta and Omicron variants are fuelling a surge in cases of infection in parts of the country.
