PM Modi, Bhutanese PM Tshering discuss Covid
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering on Tuesday discussed Covid19 pandemic's impact on both the countries and their efforts against the recent wave of the virus.
Both the leaders discussed the issued in a telephonic conversation earlier in the day.
The Bhutan Prime Minister expressed solidarity with the Indian government and the people here in their efforts against the Covid-19 or coronavirus disease which so far has infected 2,29,92,517 people with 37,15,221 active cases and 2,49,992 deaths.
PM Modi conveyed his sincere thanks to the people and government of Bhutan for their good wishes and support.
Modi also appreciated the leadership of the Bhutanese Prime Minister in managing Bhutan's fight against the pandemic and extended his best wishes to Tshering for the continuing efforts.
The leaders noted that the present crisis situation has served to further highlight the special friendship between India and Bhutan, anchored in mutual understanding and respect, shared cultural heritage, and strong people-to-people links. Centre, states doing everything possible Rajnath Lucknow: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the Centre and the state governments are doing everything possible to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, while asserting that only those who perform commit mistakes.
The Lok Sabha MP from Lucknow visited a 255-bed COVID hospital built by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at the Haj House here. Singh also conveyed his condolences to the families of the COVID-19 victims. "You may or may not have seen today's news. The World Health Organization (WHO) has praised the work of the Uttar Pradesh government. It is not a small thing," he said.
In a tweet on Monday, the WHO said, "In #India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh, the state gov. has initiated house-to-house active case finding of #COVID19 in rural areas to contain transmission by testing people with symptoms for rapid isolation, disease management & contact tracing."