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India recognised the COVID-19 threat early and pursued a scientific evidence-based approach to combat the situation, said Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, while addressing a virtual event by the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Speaking on Build Back Better: building resilient health infrastructure and supply chains , Vardhan said on Thursday, It has been almost one year since the outbreak of COVID-19. While the caseload infection in many parts of the world is decreasing, many others are experiencing a second or even a third peak. Fortunately, in India, the cases are steadily coming down. We recognized the threat early and pursued a scientific evidence based approach.
World: COVID-19 exposes deep-rooted vulnerabilities in public health infrastructure 18 December, 2020 - 16:10
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep-rooted vulnerabilities in public health infrastructure and supply chains.
That was the conclusion of the Secretary-General s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori at the online event hosted by the Delhi-based Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) yesterday. There is a serious job of work ahead to identify all the issues which have led to the overburdening of the health infrastructure and supply chain not only of developing countries but also of highly developed ones, she said.
COVID-19 exposes deep-rooted vulnerabilities in public health infrastructure
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep-rooted vulnerabilities in public health infrastructure and supply chains.
That was the conclusion of the Secretary-General s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori at the online event hosted by the Delhi-based Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) yesterday. There is a serious job of work ahead to identify all the issues which have led to the overburdening of the health infrastructure and supply chain not only of developing countries but also of highly developed ones, she said.
She congratulated the CDRI Secretariat on opening a debate on the subject and said that the insights and recommendations resulting from the wide-ranging discussion and the follow-up will be an essential part of the recovery and preparation for the next pandemic.
With 22,889 new COVID-19 cases, India s tally nears one crore-mark
Maharastra continues to be the worst affected country by the pandemic with 68,476 active cases followed by Kerala with 58,339 active cases.
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NEW DELHI: With 22,889 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, India s total cases reached 99,79,447, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.
With 338 new deaths, the toll mounted to 1,44,789. According to the Union Health Ministry, the total number of active cases in the country reached 3,13,831. Meanwhile, the total discharged cases are at 95,20,827 with 31,087 new discharges in the last 24 hours.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 15,89,18,646 samples tested for COVID-19 up to December 17. Of these 11,13,406 samples were tested Thursday.