Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday assured to extend full cooperation to the Government of Thailand to tackle Covid-19 pandemic effectively.
Vij attended a webinar organised with Thailand Government regarding the Haryana Government's experience of COVID crisis management during the Delta variant spread.
The Health Minister said that today the world is suffering from this pandemic but Haryana has taken concrete and immediate measures to contain its spread.
Encapsulating the effective COVID Management Strategy of the State as a collaborative effort, Vij specified that timely proactive measures like effective implementation of lockdown, setting up of molecular testing laboratories and COVID Care Centres, Oxygen helpline (to ensure its availability during second wave), conducting numerous surveys so as to gauge the penetration of the disease, providing tele-medicine, providing free medical treatment and medical aid to people Below Poverty Line (BPL), constituting State and District Level Committees, dedicated Haryana Village General Health Check-up Scheme in rural areas et al helped in combating the spread of disease thereby saving lives.
Besides this, an effective implementation of vaccination drive was a major factor which helped in combating the virus. Till date, approximately 14 million doses have been provided free of cost, he said.