New Delhi:
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan held video conference with Rotary International, saying I really value Rotarians having given a great contribution in our fight against COVID-19.
In fact the contribution is appreciable in terms of PM CARES contribution, equipments, sanitizers food, PPE kits and N95 masks etc. for hospitals. The Union Health Minister stated this while interacting with the Rotarians across the country through Video Conferencing with an aim to involve them to assist in involving more and more concerned people in the fight against COVID-19.
Right from the day, I joined public life 27 years ago, Rotarians across the country offered their services in eradication of Polio from Delhi and India. Once again the Rotarians are here to express their firm commitment to work with Government of India in overcoming this challenge of mitigating effects of COVID-19. We all have to rise to the occasion to work together to defeat COVID-19 which has spread across 215 countries in the world,” he said.
Vardhan also conveyed thanks to the Rotarians for contributing an amount of 26 crores in the PM CARES fund. Further the Rotarians also executed works worth Rs. 75 crores. This sort of humanitarian help is worth appreciable.
I may like to state that “India was the first country in the world, to respond to China’s first disclosure about Coronavirus to the world. On the very next day India initiated steps to monitor the situation and first joint Monitoring Group meeting was held . A Group of Ministers under my chairmanship was also constituted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take important decisions as per the evolving situation. This was enough to set the tone for a highly spirited war against fatal virus across the country.”
