Mandaviya credits Modi with Covid vaccine

December 03, 2021 16:06

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya speaking on the Covid-19 pandemic in the Lok Sabha:

-- 3.46 cr Corona cases have been reported in India and 4.6 lakh people have died - which is 1.36 per cent of total cases.

-- 25,000 cases and 340 deaths per million population have been reported in India - which is one of the lowest in the world.

-- Under Modi government, work is going on to strengthen the weak health infrastructure. Without blaming pervious governments that ignored health infrastructure, this government worked for results.

-- In the last two yrs, decisions under the leadership of PM Modi show that this govt works with willpower and not power.

-- The 1st Covid-19 case in India was reported on 13th January, 2020 in Kerala. But the 1st meeting of the Joint Monitoring Committee constituted by the Centre, was held on 8th January 2020. This means we were alert, a committee had been formed before the case was reported and it had started working.

-- There was a time when it took three years for approval for research on a vaccine. So, nobody used to do research. We scrapped those rules and the nation got its vaccine within a year. This facility has been given by PM Modi.

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