Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts in the health sector have ensured that India is coming out of the coronavirus pandemic more strongly than those nations that had better resources, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Sunday. The Minority Affairs Minister said the prime minister's efforts in tackling the pandemic have shown results and more than 1,500 medical oxygen plants have been or are being installed across the country under “PM-CARES". From just 900 Metric Tonnes per day before January 2020, production of medical oxygen has now been increased to more than 9,000 MT per day, he said. India presently has an indigenous production capacity of more than 10 lakh Covid testing kits per day, he added. More than 20,000 ICU beds are being added across the country out of which 20 per cent will be pediatric ICU beds, Naqvi said.

Source: Mint July 18, 2021 08:03 UTC