Amid stand-off, Harsh Vardhan speaks to Uddhav Thackeray

Harsh Vardhan said he also assured adequate and uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen

Amid a Centre vs Maharashtra stand-off, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan dialled Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to reassure all help from the Centre but asked him to focus on the 5 pillars of combating Covid-19.

Dr Harsha Vardhan said that he discussed further stringent actions to be taken for containment, surveillance and treatment of Covid-19 cases. “Reiterated the need to focus on the 5 pillars “Test, Track, Treat, Covid Appropriate Behaviour and Vaccination” to tide over the emergent health crisis,” he said.

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Vardhan said he also assured adequate and uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen and all possible support with respect to healthcare infra, medicines and therapeutics. “Additional 1,121 ventilators are also being rushed to them given the surge in cases,” he said.