Need to remain 'Satark, Saavdhan', ensure health system is strengthened: PM in Covid review meet | 10 points

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday in a high-level Covid review meeting urged officials that the focus should be on prompt and effective contact tracing, ramping up of testing, accelerating vaccination and strengthening health infrastructure. In view of the new variant -- Omicron -- the Prime Minister said one should remain 'Satark' and 'Saavdhan'. During the meeting, PM Modi reviewed the status of new Variant of Concern (VOC), public health response measures for containment and management of COVID19, strengthening of health infrastructure including availability of drugs, oxygen cylinders and concentrators, ventilators, PSA plants, ICU/oxygen supported beds, human resources, IT interventions and status of vaccination. The fight against the pandemic is not over, PM said, and the need for continued adherence to COVID safe behaviour is of paramount importance even today.

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