Huge infrastructure helped achieve recovery rate of 82%, death rate at 1.6%: Harsh Vardhan

Addressing COVID-19 situation in country, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan revealed that nation's massive COVID-dedicated health infrastructure had helped India keep its death rate in check and steadily improve its recovery rate. "Huge infrastructure build-up including dedicated COVID hospitals and quarantine centres, supply of PPEs and medical equipment helped India in recording recovery rate of 82 per cent and a death rate of less than 1.6 per cent. We aim to bring this under 1 per cent soon," Union Health Minister said

"More than five million patients have been infected with Coronavirus but healthcare system of India has shown great efficiency in t only providing diagstic and manment facilities but also keeping mortality at minimum and recovery at maximum," Dr Vardhan said. 

He also hailed all states and UTs for following stringent containment strategies which had contributed to nation's continuously rising Recovery Rate and progressively falling Case Fatality Rate. "We have successfully ramped up our testing capacity which has touched nearly 15 lakh milestone on Friday with more than 1,800 testing labs spread across country," he said. "I have confidence in scientific developments taking place in field of treatment and vaccines for COVID-19 and soon India will achieve more success in our fight against COVID-19," he added.

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Health Minister lauds AIIMS

Speaking at 65th AIIMS Foundation Day, Health Minister also lauded AIIMS for being a front-runner in battling COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Harsh Vardhan said that in last six months, AIIMS had undertaken a huge responsibility of providing care to patients suffering from COVID-19 and had expanded invation in areas of research, guiding colleagues across country, and developing new methods of teaching and communication. 

"Over years, AIIMS has students from USA, UK, Australia, Germany, etc and government is making efforts to spread services of AIIMS to every ok and corner of country." 

Health Minister also inaugurated an exhibition med 'AIIMS in COVID Times' that highlights contribution of AIIMS in dealing with  public health emergency.

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(ncy Inputs)