Right Decision At Right Time To Fight COVID Led India To Better Position: PM Modi

New Delhi : India has become the second-largest personal protective equipment (PPE) kits manufacturer in the last four months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday while inaugurating the three more high tech state of the art testing labs for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal.

Modi said that the right decisions taken at the right time led India to be in a better position as compared to other countries to fight coronavirus.

Modi inaugurated Covid-19 testing labs in Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata on Monday through video conferencing.

Speaking on the occasion, he said, “Crores of people are fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. Today we launched three high tech testing labs, which will help West Bengal, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.”

He said that Delhi-NCR, Kolkata and Mumbai are big economic centres and here youths come to make their careers and fulfill their dreams. Modi said that with the launch of three more throughput testing labs, India will test 10,000 more samples every day.

India on Monday recorded the highest single-day spike of 49,931 cases in 24 hours with the total tally of the Covid-19 reaching 14,35,453 cases, out of which 9,17,568 have been cured.

The Prime Minister said, “These high tech labs will not be specific for Covid-19 and in future, it will be for Hepatitis B, Dengue, HIV. These tests will also be done here.”

Hailing the decisions of his government to combat the spread of the Covid-19, Modi said, “It is because India took right decisions at the right time that it is in a better position as compared to other countries.”

“The fatalities in India due to Covid-19 is less as compared to other countries and the recovery rate is much higher and it is improving day by day,” Modi said.