Vaccine aside, biggest challenge is sustaining Covid appropriate behaviour: Dr Harsh Vardhan | India News – Times of India
BHOPAL: Despite the largest vaccination drive underway to combat Covid-19, the biggest challenge faced by the country, is to adopt Covid appropriate behaviours in view of the recent spike in infection cases, said union health minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, here on Saturday.
He was speaking at the inauguration function of ICMR institute — National Institute for Research in Environment Health (NIREH) in Bhopal. “I am disheartened when educated people too do not wear face masks,” he said.
“At one stage we had successfully stabilised (Covid-19 cases). Due to carelessness, causal approach and misconceptions of people, there is a spike in the infection cases. There are those who assume since the vaccine has arrived, we do not need to do anything (adhere to Covid-19 prevention guidelines),” said Dr Harsh Vardhan.
“On my way from the guest house to NIREH, I showed the state health minister (Prabhuram Chaudhary) how many people were wearing a mask and those who were not wearing the mask in the correct manner. The need to wear a face mask has been forgotten altogether by many,” said Dr Harsh Vardhan.
“Covid-19 cases are spiking in six states. In MP I have been told it dipped to below 300 daily cases but now has risen above 600,” he added. Since the pandemic began, 2.66 lakh people have been diagnosed with the infection in MP. Over 1.2 million have been vaccinated in the state.
“Respect the science behind vaccination and handing Covid-19. As I have said earlier there is a need to eliminate politics from this scientific battle against the infection,” he added.
He called for a mass movement to take shape and encourage vaccination. More than one crore 87 lakh doses have been administered of which two million doses were administered in India on Saturday. India has distributed Covid-19 to 71 countries and others are also demanding, he added.
He was speaking at the inauguration function of ICMR institute — National Institute for Research in Environment Health (NIREH) in Bhopal. “I am disheartened when educated people too do not wear face masks,” he said.
“At one stage we had successfully stabilised (Covid-19 cases). Due to carelessness, causal approach and misconceptions of people, there is a spike in the infection cases. There are those who assume since the vaccine has arrived, we do not need to do anything (adhere to Covid-19 prevention guidelines),” said Dr Harsh Vardhan.
“On my way from the guest house to NIREH, I showed the state health minister (Prabhuram Chaudhary) how many people were wearing a mask and those who were not wearing the mask in the correct manner. The need to wear a face mask has been forgotten altogether by many,” said Dr Harsh Vardhan.
“Covid-19 cases are spiking in six states. In MP I have been told it dipped to below 300 daily cases but now has risen above 600,” he added. Since the pandemic began, 2.66 lakh people have been diagnosed with the infection in MP. Over 1.2 million have been vaccinated in the state.
“Respect the science behind vaccination and handing Covid-19. As I have said earlier there is a need to eliminate politics from this scientific battle against the infection,” he added.
He called for a mass movement to take shape and encourage vaccination. More than one crore 87 lakh doses have been administered of which two million doses were administered in India on Saturday. India has distributed Covid-19 to 71 countries and others are also demanding, he added.