Fight against Covid going to be long: PM Modi

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded Varanasi for fighting efficiently against the second wave of the COVID-19 crisis. Modi choked with emotion while thanking doctors, frontline workers during the video conference with them and said the fight against COVID-19 is going to be long.

While interacting with doctors, paramedical staff and other frontline health workers of his parliamentary constituency, PM Modi said, “Varanasi has set a great example by the way it has equipped Pandit Rajan Mishra COVID hospital and increased the number of oxygen beds and ICU beds in the city, in such a short span of time.”  The Prime Minister also thanked the doctors, nurses, technicians, ward boys and ambulance drivers in Varanasi for their service during the pandemic.

“As a servant of Kashi, I thank everyone in Varanasi, especially the doctors, nurses, technicians, ward boys and ambulance drivers who have done a commendable work,” he said. “We have controlled the pandemic to a great extent, thanks to our common efforts. But there is no time to relax as we have to fight a long battle. We have to shift our focus towards villages in Purvanchal and Varanasi,” he added.