Ready to face the worst situation in India, Health Minister over COVID-19 spread
New Delhi : It is unlikely that India will be facing a hard situation like other nations faced with coronavirus pandemic, but we are all prepared to even tackle the worst cases, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday.
"We do not anticipate a very worst type of situation in our country like many other developed countries but still we have prepared the whole country for the worst situation," Vardhan told reporters on Saturday.
Meanwhile, India has registered a sudden upsurge in the number of coronavirus cases with 20,000 new cases registered in less than six days. India's mortality rate stood at 3.3% and recovery rate jumped to 29.9%.
“These are very good indicators. The doubling rate for the last 3 days has been about 11 days and for the last 7 days it has been 9.9 days,” he added.
On Friday, Luv Agarwal (Joint Secretary Health Ministry) had said that India is at a stage where people will have to learn to live with coronavirus.
“We will have to learn to live with the virus, for which it is important to make critical behavioural changes and incorporate all the preventive guidelines that the health ministry has been issuing on following hand hygiene, cough etiquette and social distancing measures, as part of our daily routine. It is an everyday battle for us to keep the infection at bay,” Agarwal stated.
The total number of coronavirus cases in India is inching towards the 60,000-mark. On Saturday, the Ministry of Health updated the national Covid-19 tally to 59,662. There are 39,834 active coronavirus cases in the country, 17,846 patients have been cured or discharged while 1,981 people have died from the deadly contagion.
