Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while discussing the corona virus with video conferencing with SAARC countries on Sunday, said that there is a need to be vigilant about the corona virus.
The discussion was attended by Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, Maldives President Ibrahim Soli, Bhutan Prime Minister, Nepal’s Prime Minister.
The world is now vulnerable to the corona virus that has become an epidemic in China, Iran and Italy. Corona virus has the highest effect in Asia.
The World Health Organization has also declared the Corona virus an epidemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed with leaders of SAARC countries through video conferencing on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while discussing the corona virus at 5 pm on Sunday with video conferencing with SAARC countries, said that there is a need to be vigilant about the corona virus. PM Modi said that we need not fight with the corona but fight with it. He said that SAARC countries have to be careful.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the leaders of SAARC countries said, ‘I want to thank all those leaders who agreed to talk with us on a short note. Nepal’s Prime Minister Oli also joined us immediately, even though he has recently undergone surgery.
As we all know that COVID-19 has been declared an epidemic by the World Health Organization. There are less than 150 cases in our region. But we have to be cautious.
PM Modi said that we are ready to tackle this challenge. India’s strategy is to be ready, but do not panic. This is the basic mantra of our preparations. We started screening the entry from mid-January. We also imposed restrictions on some trips. Due to serial preparations, the panic of corona virus could not spread in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that we tried first to reach the weaker sections. We have also contacted Indians living abroad. The discussion included Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, Maldives President Ibrahim Soli, Prime Minister of Bhutan, Prime Minister of Nepal and Health Minister of Pakistan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, we have contacted our people living abroad. We airlifted 1400 Indian people from different countries. We also helped the citizens of our neighboring countries.
