Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy today said that it was more challenging to contain the Covid-19 pandemic in India than in European countries.
The minister made this statement while addressing a gathering at Hyderabad's Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital.
Elaborating further, Reddy claimed that it was however possible to contain the spread of the deadly disease with the help of public and private partnerships.
Talking about the Centre's efforts to curb the spread of the pandemic, he clarified, "The Centre is making every possible effort to contain the spread of Covid-19 in India. The government has ensured the availability of medical oxygen through plants and the relevant medicines as well. We have been able to overcome the shortage of medical oxygen in just 15 days as a result of these efforts."
He added that the Modi government had also set up oxygen plants in several hospitals of the country to broaden access to the lifesaving material.
Reddy then stated that the Centre had given 1,400 ventilators to 46 hospitals in Telangana and that out of the 80 lakh vaccines given to the state, 15 lakh were distributed to private hospitals. Addressing concerns about potential vaccine shortage, he revealed that the Centre had devised plans to produce 200 crore vaccines for domestic use.
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