COVID-19: Prez, VP interact with guv, LGs

April 03, 2020 12:03

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu holds a meeting on March 27

President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday interacted with the Governors, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of all the States and Union Territories via video conferencing to discuss measures taken to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

"The agenda of the conference was the status of COVID-19 in states, the role of the Red Cross with focus on vulnerable sections, and the role of civil society, voluntary organisations, private sector in complementing the efforts of the Union and State governments to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus," stated a press release.

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