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Prime Minister Narendra Modi while interacting with district magistrates (DMs) and field officials of 10 States regarding the COVID-19 situation on the ground , said the country needs new strategies and solutions in the midst of new challenges posed by coronavirus.
PM Modi further pointed out that With your fieldwork, your experiences & feedback, we get help to form effective policies. Even to strategise vaccination drive, we are moving forward with suggestions given by States & other stakeholders
“Coronavirus has made your work more demanding and challenging. In the midst of new challenges, we need new strategies and solutions. It becomes important to use local experiences and we need to work together as a country. Your work in the field, your experiences, and your feedbacks help in making practical and effective policies. The vaccination drive is also being taken forward by incorporating suggestions from states and many stakeholders at every level,” he said.
PM Modi said past epidemics and the current COVID-19 pandemic taught us that constant change and innovation in the strategies are very important.
“These viruses specialize in mutations, formatting, so our methods and strategies should also be dynamic,” he said.
On vaccine wastage, the Prime Minister said, “wastage of a single vaccine means not being able to give the necessary protection to one life. It is therefore important to prevent vaccine waste,” he advised.
The Prime Minister noted that along with saving lives, government priority also includes making the lives of citizens easier. “Free rations for the poor, other essential supplies, a ban on black marketing, all these are necessary to win this battle, and to move forward,” he said.
PM Modi added that though the active COVID cases in the country have started decreasing, but the experiences over the years and a half taught us that as long as the infection exists on a minor scale, the challenge remains.
