COVID Caseload Is Still High In Six States, Need To Be Proactive: PM To CMs

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday virtually met the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra and Kerala to discuss the COVID-19 situation, as these states account for 80% of India’s total caseload.

PM Modi asked people to exercise caution despite a slowdown in daily cases as there is a threat of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

Addressing the Chief Ministers of the six states via video conferencing, PM Modi said, “The Government of India has announced a Rs 23,000 crore emergency response package to combat COVID-19. The States must use funds from this package to strengthen health infrastructure. Infrastructural gaps need to be filled. There is also a need to focus on rural areas.”

The Prime Minister said that 80 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases have come from these states and they need to take proactive measures and focus on a ‘test-track-treat-vaccination’ approach to prevent the possibility of a third wave.

PM Modi said, “We are at a point where there is talk about a possible third wave of COVID. In the last few days, around 80 per cent of the new cases have been reported from these 6 states.”

He said, “States reporting high new cases to need to take proactive steps to prevent the possibility of a third wave of COVID19. We need to proceed with a focus on ‘test-track-treat-vaccination’ approach.”

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Today’s interaction comes after the Prime Minister took stock of the COVID situation with the Chief Ministers of the North Eastern States on Tuesday.

India registered 38,949 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the overall infections to 3,10,26,829. The death toll reached 4,12,531 after 542 more people succumbed to the deadly virus, the Union health ministry informed on Friday.

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