Hyderabad: Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over decline of Covid positive cases in Telangana even as state finance minister T Harish Rao placed a long quotation for oxygen, vaccines and essential medicines.
The Union Health Minister held a video conference with ministers of several states in which Harish took part on the directions of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao. According to a CMO press release, the finance minister explained several steps taken by the Chief Minister to enhance healthcare with a great foresight after the first wave. The number of beds went up from 18,232 to 53,775, oxygen beds from 9,213 to 20,738 and ICU beds from 264 to 11,274, he said.
Harish informed the Health Minister of launching a massive door-to-door Covid survey by Anganwadi and Asha workers to identify people with symptoms and provide medical kit free of cost. So far, 60 lakh households had been covered under this survey and lakhs of people…