Govt will supply enough vaccines to all NE states: DoNER Minister

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER)Dr. Jitendra Singh on Tuesday informed that central government will supply enough vaccines to all the Northeastern states in coming weeks.

The Minister made the announcement in a meeting convened to discuss the recent COVID surge in Northeast.

He asked the North Eastern States to send COVID and Health related proposals on a priority basis and promised for speedy disposal of such proposals at the Centre.

The Ministry of DoNER has convened a meeting on 2nd of June for acting on the proposals sent by the Stated, but so far only four States have sent such proposals, added Singh.

He asked other States also to firm up their request on an urgent basis. He said, all proposals related to hospitals, oxygen plants, mobile testing vans and those related to fighting the pandemic would be accorded highest priority.

During the meeting Singh noted that in the last wave of the pandemic, North East had remained relatively unaffected by COVID compared to many other states. However, in the second wave North Eastern States have suddenly started registering a steep rise in corona positive cases.

He further added that he is in constant touch with all the eight Chief Ministers of North Eastern States and whatever help is sought from the States is being promptly provided from the Centre.

To combat the pandemic, the DoNER Minister further advised for strict enforcement measures and extensive testing and contact tracing measures.

He said, all measures should be taken for observing COVID-appropriate behaviour and management of micro containment zones, wherever it becomes necessary