PM Modi Holds Covid Review Meet As Infections Spike
NDTV
Sources said Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, and senior government officials are present at the meeting. The chief of the railway board and the secretary of the Civil Aviation ministry are also present at the meet.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting to review the Covid situation as the number of fresh infections threaten to spiral out of control, driven by the highly infectious strain Omicron.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, and senior government officials are present at the meeting. The chief of the railway board and the secretary of the Civil Aviation ministry are also present at the meet.
This is PM Modi's first Covid review meet since December 24, when the Omicron variant had just made an appearance in the country. Compared to then, the Covid numbers have skyrocketed, with hundreds of doctors and healthcare workers contracting the virus.
Tomorrow, the country is taking the crucial step of starting the third "precautionary" vaccine doses for healthcare workers and vulnerable senior citizens. Vaccination for 15 to 18 year-olds had started last week.
