PM Narendra Modi’s Virtual Meeting with Chief Ministers Over Peak in Covid Cases in States
On 17 March 2021, Indian PM Narendra Modi meets the chief ministers of All States over Surge in Covid Cases. This meeting has derived a certain amount of political element, which certain Chief Ministers not participating. Mamata Banerjee is busy with campaigning and the meeting was announced just a few days ago. The fact remains that there are three few main concerns of the government and that is one there is a surge.
A surge in which the percentage rise since within last one week has been 40% as well as many cases reported, the total cases are going up. And importantly, there are the states like Maharashtra that are leading this Corona surge. In that also one of the states which have witnessed a surge in Tamil Nadu, which is election-bound and the campaign does seem a lot of crowds. And crowds getting together and COVID protocol being ignored.
The other worry for the government is the reaction of the state governments in terms of enforcing more lockdowns enforcing more restrictions. The Central Government feels that there has been a slight surge as far as the economy is concerned after the one year of lockdown and other problems.
And any kind of greater restrictions will impact the economy and the revival system. Also, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is worried about the lethargic response as far as vaccinations are concerned. And that’s what the Prime Minister likely to discuss because if India has to touch a certain degree of vaccination by 2021 – 2022, 2.5 million have to be vaccinated every day while the current average is much lesser.
And the other element could well be the PM Narendra Modi is likely to discuss can there be a reduction as far as the age bar is concerned for the vaccination? These are the few broad points Prime Minister Modi has likely discussed in the meeting with the chief minister of All States.
