PM Modi leads meeting to review vaccination, COVID handling
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New Delhi: A review meeting on the COVID situation and vaccination led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is progressing in the national capital.
Apart from discussions on preparedness and plans to control the deadly virus, Prime Minister is also likely to take stock of the oxygen supply in the country to ensure the availability of life-saving gas in all pockets of the country.
Speaking on the Covid-19 situation in the country, the Prime Minister on Friday said: "The pandemic, the worst in 100 years, is testing the world at every step. There is an invisible enemy before us."
"The pain that citizens have suffered, that many experienced, I am feeling it equally," Modi said while addressing an online event.
Meanwhile, India continues to log over 3 lakh Covid cases every day for over three weeks now. On Saturday the country reported 3,26,098 new Covid cases and 3,890 fatalities, as per the Union Health Ministry's recent data.
Further, in the past 23 days, India's daily Covid tally has plateaued over the three-lakh mark and over 3,000 casualties for 17 days.
India's total tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,43,72,907 with 36,73,802 active cases and 2,66,207 deaths so far.
(With IANS inputs)