PM Modi Addresses World Economic Forum's Davos Dialogue

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said in the midst of numerous doubts, India dealt with COVID 19 pandemic with decisiveness. Addressing the World Economic Forum's Davos Dialogue via video conferencing this evening, Mr. Modi said today that India has started the world's largest vaccination drive as well.

He said someone had even predicted that 700-800 million would be infected and someone had said that over 2 million Indians would die from the pandemic.  He pointed out that looking at the condition of countries with better health infrastructure, the world was right in worrying about India. However India took a proactive public participation approach and developed COVID-specific health infrastructure and trained its resources to fight COVID,



Mr. Modi said. He said technology was fully used for testing and tracking.

The Prime Minister said India is not only fulfilling its needs of PPE kits and masks but also exporting and helping other countries. He said India has vaccinated over 2 million health workers in record time. In the next few months, India would complete its target of vaccinating 300 million old people and people with co-morbidities.

Mr. Modi said India also has shown the world how traditional medicine, like Ayurveda, can help in improving immunity. He further stated that today, India is sending its vaccine to several countries and is helping in developing the infrastructure for successful vaccination, thus saving the lives of citizens of other countries.