Country better prepared than 2020 to beat pandemic: Union health minister Harsh Vardhan


New Delhi, Apr 27 (IANS): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday that the country is now better prepared, both mentally and physically, to beat the Covid-19 pandemic as compared to 2020.

The Health Minister was speaking after inaugurating a series of blood donation camps at 13 different locations in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh through a webinar in the presence of the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Anurag Thakur.

The blood donation camps are being organised by the Competent Foundation with the help of various associations, NGOs and blood banks to fulfil the requirement during the pandemic.

Harsh Vardhan said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the largest vaccination drive in the world in January, 2021, which is now being accelerated further as the vaccination for the 18+ population is about to begin from May 1.

"In 2021, the country is better prepared mentally and physically with more experience to beat the pandemic as compared to 2020," he said.

The minister appreciated the fact that the blood donation camp has been set up following all the Covid protocols and guidelines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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  • Chandu, Karla

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    What late Sir Winston Churchill said 75 years before has been now proved to it's every word and how right he was. "Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues, freebooters; all Indian leaders will be of low calibre & men of straw. They will fight amongst themselves for power and India will be lost in political squabbles. ... A day would come when even air and water would be taxed in India.” Now the people are paying for the oxygen......!!!!!

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  • Clifford, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    BJP has taken India to such a height that there is no oxygen now.

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Boasting and trying to prove what is wrong and a failure is BJP members family character. Genes will hardly alter. Inherited from father of the Nation.

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  • Lynel, Kuwait

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    lost mind. Who made him health minister

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  • Newton, Udupi

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Another andh bhakt on a role to destroy.... @ Mr. Andh Bhakt Minister, Our PM was caught napping and under-prepared and HM is not even in the picture. India has been failed by Mr. PM and HM. Except Modi, andh bhakts and central govt, entire country is now together & united without any help from central government in this fight against covid-19. If truth always wins as history shows, History will never forgive our leaders who has brought us to this situation. If not there is nothing called truth.

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  • LEROY SALDANHA, Urwa/ Bahrain

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    One of the many incompetent who were responsible for the mess we are in. Every statement of his is a foot in the mouth statement.

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Only fooling business. country was better prepared for State elections and some Panchayat elections. Health organizations, hospitals, medicine, oxygen, vaccines, Ambulances , ICU units including beds are in short supply. Help is pouring in from so many countries and this crap is spreading baseless talks. May be his fly members are safe and well looked after. Some one please recommend a sticking tape.

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  • k b r, Mangala Uru

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    gas talk by Mr ಹ ವ...

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  • Rajan, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Possibly referring to IPL T 20 - --last year was in Emirates - So as of now NO COVID - Any Team -- although whether IPL should continue or not has been criticized -

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  • Sahil, Mangaluru

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    My concern from where they all funding to IPL during pandemic.... Shortage of oxygen supplying by other nation thanks....

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  • SHILPA, chickmagalur

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    DEAR FRIENDS , BROTHERS AND SISTERS DUE RESPECT TO OUR MINISTER HARSHA VARDHAN, THE CITIZENS AND COVID AFFECTED PATIENTS AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS AND RELATIVES , ONLY KNOWS THAT, WHAT HAS BEEN PREPARED AND READY BY THE GOVT. VERY POOR PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING MUCH AND LOOSING THEIR LIFE, TO PRONOUNCE SOMETHING, IS EASY BUT THE FACT MAY BE DIFFERENT. NOTHING HAS BEEN ARRANGED , THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO WAKE UP. SHORTAGE OF BEDS IS A VERY BIG SHAME FOR OUR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. NOW WE ARE NOT BLAMING ANYONE. BUT ATLEAST THE GOVT. HAS TO LOOK AFTER THE POOR PATIENTS , WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH COVID AND COULD NOT BEAR THE COST OF THE BED AND THE TREATMENT. NOW AT PRESENT THE COST OF A BED SPACE IS A MINIMUM OF CHARGE 8000 RUPEES, EXCLUDING LAB AND MEDICINE AND OXYGEN. PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING ENOUGH MONEY ARE GETTING TO THE SPECIALIZED HOSPITALS AND GET THE TREATMENT. WHAT ABOUT THE POOR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE NOT AT ALL HAVING MONEY IN THEIR HAND. I REQUEST EVERY ONE TO WAKE UP NOW. AND HELP THE AFFECTED PEOPLE AND SAVE THEIR LIFE. TODAY IS THEIR TURN. WHO KNOWS WHEN WILL BE OUR TURN.

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  • Amit, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    BESHARAM party's BESHARAM minister, "tohda toh SHARAM karo "......... tum kya SHARM karoge, tumhara papa hee BESHARAM hai

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  • DOLPHY SEQUEIRA, Mumbai

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    What a joke, whole world witnessed government's preparation to fight the virus,(with organising election rallies, Kumbh Mela) this minister should have little shame on him to express his views on preparation to fight covid

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  • Global, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    is it so there are two types in the society, one Native patriots (common people) & Invasive patriots (nethas/ babus)

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  • Mangalorean, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    India didn’t have a proactive COVID strategy under this health minister. What he has been doing is nothing but reactive or “fire fighting”

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  • JRD Mangalore, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Shame on you Dr. Minister. I think like your senior leaders, you too are carrying a fake MBBS. Shame on you for referring this current situation in the country as your preparedness. You guys are becoming masters in Faking everything.

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  • RAKESH, managlore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    shameless ..lies exposed still barking

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  • Francis Lewis, Sasthan

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    135 Teachers died in UP Election duty and what action this Health Minister took. No word from CM Yogi

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    I agree with him. They Have well prepared. This by election , Khumba Mela, Local body election, so many.

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  • DENZIL FERNANDES, MANGALORE

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    'Laughter is the best medicine' they say. And our good health minister is cracking a cracker of a joke to ease the tension probably. God forbid, if there is a 3rd wave he may even say that our country was better prepared than 2021 to beat the pandemic. He is now overdue for a promotion for sure.

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  • Chandu, Karla

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Even in thee difficult and critical times when thousands of people are dieing every day, shortage of hospital beds and oxygen our senseless leaders are trying to score goals to prove their achievements. Whole world is laughing at Indian preparedness in handling the pandemic situation and desperately trying to send help our leaders busy in fooling the people.....what a sad situation..... !!!!!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    2020 we had enough Beds, Ventilators, Oxygen & Graveyards ...

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  • Hegde, Bangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt. — ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Country is facing an unprecedented crisis - Again most cities /states lockdown putting enormous hardships- Lakhs are being spent for transport to get medical facilities from CITY A TO CITY B - /Thousands for a simple oxygen cylinder and many dying for lack of O 2 - Bodies dumped in vans ( piled up ) to be taken to crematoriums - The whole world has understood gravity of the situation and sending emergency items and taken up as --- If India sinks we also Sink - FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL - Even our neighbour PAK - has come forward to help - Out bound flights from India cancelled because of COVID - IF THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS PREPARED - ONLY THE ALMIGHTY CAN HELP - especially from a minister concerning India's health !

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  • Hegde, Bangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt. — ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Country is facing an unprecedented crisis - Again most cities /states lockdown putting enormous hardships- Lakhs are being spent for transport to get medical facilities from CITY A TO CITY B - /Thousands for a simple oxygen cylinder and many dying for lack of O 2 - Bodies dumped in vans ( piled up ) to be taken to crematoriums - The whole world has understood gravity of the situation and sending emergency items and taken up as --- If India sinks we also Sink - FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL - Even our neighbour PAK - has come forward to help - Out bound flights from India cancelled because of COVID - IF THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS PREPARED - ONLY THE ALMIGHTY CAN HELP - especially from a minister concerning India's health !

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  • Sahil, Mangaluru

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    People now well prepared in next election to beat the feku rule. Useless EC allowed election and spread the virus.

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  • vishnu bhat, bangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    fantastic! The good doctor lives on Mars. when was the last time he visited a Delhi, UP or Bangalore hospital?

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  • Dr. Haneef Shabab, Bhatkal

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    " ...... the country is now better prepared, both mentally and physically, to beat the Covid-19 pandemic as compared to 2020." Believe me Mr. Health Minister ! The horrific scenes at shamshan ghats graveyards and the hospitals substantiate your statement. We are proud of you and your brigade !

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  • Harsha, Mangaluru

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Talks are cheap. Hundreds of Thousands died. Govt busy in Elections . These BJP leaders have no concern for death & suffering.. It will be few months before things can improve with help of the whole world coming to help India. Foriegn countries can see our crying& dying ,& may help but too late.

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  • Sahil, Mangaluru

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Till now I can't understand Ayushman bharat scheme and modi care.

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  • Subhadara, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    The country is better prepared to not to vote for people like you and your boss next time. You're inability to even provide basic oxygen to the citizens of this nation is appalling. You have the courage to give such a statement when people are dying like flies. Shame on you, shame on your boss.

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  • Alwyn Dsouza, Canada

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Hello minister very good news you are well prepared . World has seen the reality of India few days ago. . My humble request for you is say the truth to the world otherwise world will stop sending help to India. Many have died and many are in serious conditions due to lack of oxygen and other required material to treat urgently. Man this is covid and please stop playing politics with such diseas. Many poor will die due to not enough support from govt and healthcare. My humble request is please get down to the ground and start helping people than touring

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  • Clifford, Mangalore 1

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    This guy has miserably failed to work out a strategy to control Covid apart from making misleading announcements with feku and his partner. They are totally responsible for the loss of lives. Their IT department is sending fake emails to say that India is controlling Covid well and the death rate is exaggerated by media.

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  • Sameer, Riyadh

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Better prepared my foot. Don't you have any shame? Saw a few online videos. One BJP minister asking patients family to offer coconut in Balaji temple, One more minister says to patient family to keep patient under 'peepal' tree. Now the government is shifting dead bodies silently to smaller crematoriums as media is covering the happenings in bigger ones. Whatever this government does to hide, fudge, lie - the tears and cries of innocent people will haunt you BJP.

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  • Prakash, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    He was failure as a doctor, Entered to politics and proved again with bigger failure as health minister.

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  • Mbeary, Dxb

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    The man is a joke. In feb, he promoted baba ramdevs coronil. If it was a congress govt, he wud have had to resign by now, just as the home minister had to resign after the mumbai terror attacks. But alas!

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  • Sori U R Bhoring, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    We donated half the stock pile of vaccines to show the world how prepared we are. Ban twitter. Sensor the news and spread fake news. You can fool some people sometimes but you can't fool all the people all the time. Now how about some vessel banging . It worked wonders last time.

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  • SJM, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    One of the useless..........

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  • Manohar, Udupi

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    When and After how many deaths.

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  • Arthur, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    BJP is always more concerned with perception management than tackling India's severe problems.

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  • Manglore, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    So the situation is worser than last year

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  • Gurka, mangaluru

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    People of India should realize one thing that, dont mix the politics with RELIGION which our neighboring countries suffering from that maniac specifically PAKISTAN !!! Now these creatures of BJPeee is giving statements only in reality there is nothing people are dying and no one is taking care of them ! yes I am talking about labor category !! GODI media never reach out there to find the truth !

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  • Shuba, Mangaluru

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    When will you speak the truth? By now the ordinary voter who voted to your party might have realised the real fact.

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  • Clarance, Udupi, Bombay, Canada

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    You deserve a Bharat Ratna for that statement.

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  • AD, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    Ask the loved ones of the dead souls before you make this comment.

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  • Alwin, Mangaluru

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    Prepared for more positive cases more deaths no oxygen no beds no infrastructure Aid from the world. Election rallies utsav rallies and blame game. The situation is like murder case. Being in wHO we are first in worst situation.tali bajavoo logo kho jalane jagha ki kami. People are crying and politicians drama on the stage. This is prepared ness. Vaccine also not available. Atma dhroha to the citizens of india.who bears this responsibility. Accountability and responsibility is beyond the capacity of understanding then they must vacate position. It is not to murder citizens

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  • Ronald, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    That's it! Not a single death! Time to chest thump!

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  • Peter, Belman

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    Corona is a global pandemic. It may knock any ones door. Have mask on when posting your comment.

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    Yeah, wear mask close your door and sit inside your house and don’t go out even for election rallies and Kumbha Mela by changing your name because it’s global pandemic.

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  • Anticorrupt, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    I don’t care if anyone calls it pandemic, I call it biowarfare - a man made disaster. The man in the above picture knows the truth very well.

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  • Anticorrupt, Mangalore/ Kuwait

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    Wonder who gave him a mbbs degree. These go to any extent to praise their master and fool public, no knowing even kids are smart enough to understand.

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Tue, Apr 27 2021

    Now atleast give the number of healthcare workers died so far?????????. Better prepared because the world is helping you not Nagpur help.

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