India’s handling of Covid example before world: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar

New Delhi: India’s handling of COVID-19 was an example to the world of how the country utilised its digital resources to roll out vaccines for a large population and successfully controlled the disease at home while helping other nations, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Friday.
Dhankhar, who inaugurated the “International Symposium on Health Technology Assessment: ISHTA 2023” here, lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to call for a people’s curfew as well as people for following it. “… what was advised to contain Covid could be translated into action”.
He further said the prime minister cheered and motivated the Covid warriors and the country was quick to come up with a legislation that accorded them protection.
“India’s handling of Covid exemplifies the best practices beyond doubt now. In that perspective, when I have gone abroad on two visits, how satisfying it was for me to note that when India was facing Covid, it innovatively came out with vaccines.
“India could vaccinate 220 crore people and put it on digital mapping. It was also giving assistance to other countries through ‘vaccine maitri’ that is something reflective of our age-old ethos,” Dhankhar said.
Referring to the sessions at the event, he said “affordability of healthcare services” is a very critical aspect.