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India is not expected to witness a situation like other nations most affected by Covid-19, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said Saturday. The minister added that the administration has still prepared the country for a situation if the pandemic takes a worse turn.
“We do not anticipate the worst kind of situation in our country like many other developed countries, but we have still prepared the entire country for the worst situation,” Vardhan told reporters on Saturday.
Vardhan said the death rate in the country is still around 3.3%, the recovery rate has risen to 29.9%.
“These are very good indicators. The doubling rate for the last 3 days has been approximately 11 days and for the last 7 days it has been 9.9 days, ”he added.
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We do not anticipate the worst kind of situation in our country like many other developed countries, but we have still prepared the entire country for the worst situation: Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health # COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/TE8A7sviJt
– ANI (@ANI) May 9, 2020
On Friday, at a press conference, the joint secretary of the Union health ministry Lav Agarwal said Indians must learn to start living with coronaviruses. It is important to make critical behavioral changes for people, he said.
“We will have to learn to live with the virus, for which it is important to make critical behavioral changes and incorporate all the preventive guidelines that the Ministry of Health has issued on hand hygiene, cough etiquette and distance measures. social as part of our daily routine. It is an everyday battle for us to keep infection at bay, “said Agarwal.
Coronavirus cases in the country are rapidly advancing towards the 60,000 mark. On Saturday, the Ministry of Health updated Covid-19’s national count 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 infection.
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