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Have Won Before…

Took Quick Decisions during

Early Phase of Corona

rom the first wave to the second wave,
the Central Government has worked on
Fimproving the health related systems of
the country. The Union Health Ministry along
with a team from Indian Council for Medical
Research, AIIMS and other medical experts
is engaged round the clock in improving the
system. Accordingly, guidelines are issued for
hospitals along with citizens from time to time.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is given minute-
to-minute updates about oxygen, medicine
and vaccine supply along with updates on
the vaccination programme by the officials
concerned. India was praised by the WHO
and other agencies in the world the way it
won its first battle against Corona. Now is the
time to beat the second wave with courage,
precaution and vaccine. Let’s see how are our
preparations from the first wave of Corona to
the second wave.

n India was at the forefront of giving the fastest
response at the Government and institutional level.
China briefed the world on January 7, 2020, about the
Wuhan virus. Immediately the next day, on January 8,
2020, India held a mission meeting
n India had started screening passengers from January
17, 2020. India was among the first countries that
started doing so
n India reported its first case of Corona on January
30, 2020, and immediately, containment-screening
measures were launched on a war footing
n It was the first week of March 2020, when Prime
Minister Modi said that experts have advised to stay
away from crowds. So, he said that he would not
attend any Holi function. At the beginning of this
pandemic, it is one of the select examples of the
world. There were not even 50 Corona cases in India
at that time

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