As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread like wildfire, with the total number of confirmed cases having crossed the 55 lakh-mark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ramping up efforts to contain the pandemic. The Prime Minister on Wednesday said that that focus should be on ‘testing, tracing, treatment, surveillance and clear messaging’ in the battle against COVID-19. He made the statement during a high-level meeting with the chief ministers of seven states which are the worst-hit by the pandemic and raised a red flag about 60 districts of the country spread across these states, as far as their handling of the current pandemic is concerned.
Prime Minister Modi chaired a high-level virtual meeting with Chief Ministers & Health Ministers of seven states and Union territories with high COVID numbers. These states and UTs include Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,…