Foreign Minister S Jaishankar Hails India's COVID-19 Vaccination Drive
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S Jaishankar said India is one of the few countries to have our own CoWIN app so that everyone who vaccinates has a digital certificate.
Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday hailed India's ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive and said the country is capable of finding solutions while facing challenges.
"We are the country which has made its own vaccine. We are one of the few countries to have our own CoWIN app so that everyone who vaccinates has a digital certificate. Today's India is capable of finding solutions while facing challenges," the External Affairs Minister said while addressing an event in Thiruvananthapuram.
Registering a mild decline in COVID-19 cases compared to Saturday, India on Sunday reported 18,257 fresh COVID-19 cases, according to updated data by the Union Health Ministry. The country reported 14,553 recoveries and 42 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry data revealed. The active cases in the country stand at 1,28,690 on Sunday, with the daily positivity rate at 4.22 per cent, the Health Ministry data noted.
The minister said that the India of today's times is way different from what it was when he was young.