After a fall in Covid-19 cases in India, for last 2 weeks there is sudden surge in the number of active cases. The situation is very concerning as the daily life and work of the people is now resuming its natural pace, after the announcement of lockdown 4.0 which has given more freedom. For commuters and offices, to address the current situation and concerns aligned with it Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to have a meeting with Chief Ministers of the seven states next week. The prime agenda of the meeting will be to review the current situation of Coronavirus and how to mitigate it.
Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh among others are expected to attend the meeting, they said. As per the information from the sources the meeting is likely to be held on September 23.
The last such meeting was held on August 11 and chief ministers and representatives of 10 most-affected states — Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh took part in it.
PM Modi has regularly been holding these meetings to review the pandemic situation across the country with a focus on states and UTs where the infection is more widespread.
The Covid-19 cases have breached 5.3 million mark in India on Saturday, according to the health ministry dashboard. As many as 85,619 people have died of the infection in the country.
