Amid a surge in coronavirus infections, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and reassured him of ample and uninterrupted provide of medical oxygen and all attainable help associated to healthcare infrastructure, medicines and therapeutics. In a tweet, Vardhan mentioned extra 1,121 ventilators are being rushed to the state contemplating the surge in coronavirus circumstances.

“Spoke to #Maharashtra CM Sh Uddhav Thackeray Ji. Reassured @OfficeofUT of ample & uninterrupted provide of medical oxygen & all attainable help w.r.t healthcare infra, medicines & therapeutics. Further 1,121 ventilators are additionally being rushed to them given the surge in circumstances,” Vardhan tweeted.

“Mentioned with @OfficeofUT relating to additional stringent actions to be taken for containment, surveillance & therapy of #COVID19 circumstances. Reiterated the necessity to concentrate on the 5 pillars “Take a look at, Observe, Deal with, Covid Appropriate Behaviour and Vaccination” to tide over the emergent well being disaster,” he mentioned in one other tweet.

Maharashtra is battling an enormous surge in COVID-19 circumstances and reporting most new circumstances within the nation. The state is among the many 12 high-burden states within the nation. Of the two,34,692 recent circumstances reported on Saturday, Maharashtra recorded 63,729, adopted by Uttar Pradesh (27,426) and Delhi (19,486).