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13Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his interaction with the Chief Ministers of eight North-Eastern States, cautioned against crowding at hill-stations without Covid appropriate behaviour, an official release said.
He rejected the argument that people want to enjoy before the arrival of the third wave and emphasised the need to prevent the third wave.
As experts have said, he pointed out, the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic will not happen on its own. Experts have repeatedly warned against that carelessness and crowding can lead to massive surge in cases. He strongly advocated preventing avoidable crowding, the release said.
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In the interaction with the chief ministers of Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Assam, the Prime Minister advised to strictly monitor the mutation and keep track of all variants. He further stated that experts were studying the mutations and their impact. Emphasising on Covid-appropriate behaviour, he said in such scenarios, prevention and treatment are critical.
On the Cabinet’s recently approved additional budget of ₹23,000 crore for the health sector, Modi said the package will help in strengthening the health infrastructure of North-East.
“This package will expedite testing, diagnostics, and genome sequencing in the North-East. The Prime Minister stressed the need for quickly increasing number of beds, oxygen facilities and paediatric care infrastructure in the region,” the release added.
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Modi further informed that hundreds of oxygen plants are being established in the country through PM-CARES and North-East will also receive about 150 plants. He requested the Chief Ministers to complete the process of establishing these plants at the earliest.
He underlined the need to establish a temporary hospital due to the geographical condition of the North-East, need for trained manpower as oxygen plants, ICU wards, new machines that are reaching block level hospitals will need this manpower. He assured all help from the Centre.
‘Vaccine for all-free for all’
Modi said, under the ‘vaccine for all-free for all’ campaign of the central government, North-East too has the same importance, and the vaccination drive needs to be speeded up in this region. In a bid to to deal with the misconceptions pertaining to vaccination and mobilising people, Modi asked the State heads to enlist the help of social, educational institutes, celebrities and also the organisations of religious faith.
The Prime Minister will again be interacting with the heads of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Kerala via video conferencing on July 16 to assess the Covid-19 situation there.
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