In the wake of a surge in Covid cases in neighboring China, the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya spoke in the parliament about the Covid-19 situation in the country. Mandaviya in his statement said that the Government is keeping a close eye on the new Covid variants and added that Covid cases in India are depleting contrary to the world.

He further added that all the people traveling from other countries will be screened at the airport and the people who face symptoms will be isolated.

The Union Health Minister, in his statement, also said that in the past 3 years the evolving nature of Covid posed a threat to the health of many. He further added that not only India, but other countries were also affected because of it. However, Mandaviya further noted that in the past year, the Covid case load in the country had depleted in numbers.

Mandaviya also said that at the moment a total of 153 cases average on a daily basis which is contrary to the situation in other countries where the daily caseload is being reported to be at 5.87 lakhs per day. He said that other countries which have reported high number of Covid cases include, Japan, South Korea, USA, and france.

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The Union Health Minister also told the Parliament that the new Covid variant poses a big threat and also added that it is important to follow every protocol in order to tackle the situation. He further highlighted that the health ministry has aided and supported all the states in the country to tackle the Covid situation and also noted that 220 Crore people have been administered with both the vaccines, whereas 25 Crore people have also been administered with precautionary vaccine shots till now.

He also claimed that 90% of the population in India have been administered with both the vaccines.

The Union Health Minister also stated that the Government has their eyes on the world and added that the Government is taking prompt steps to tackle the challenges that arising with the evolving Covid-19. He also said that the states have been advised to increase genome sequencing to track down and control the Virus.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also conducted a high-level meeting on Thursday in light of the threat of Covid spike in the coming months.

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