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    Made-in-India health gear makes me feel optimistic: PM

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    “The initial gains make me optimistic,” Modi said referring to Make-in-India initiatives in the healthcare sector in his address to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), virtually inaugurating its silver-jubilee celebrations from Delhi.

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    The PM also flagged off the Covid-19 innovation hackathon challenge via video-conferencing
    BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said domestic manufacturers have started production of PPE kits and have supplied about one crore PPEs to Covid-19 warriors. The Centre has also supplied 1.2 crore N-95 locally made masks to all states.

    “The initial gains make me optimistic,” Modi said referring to Make-in-India initiatives in the healthcare sector in his address to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), virtually inaugurating its silver-jubilee celebrations from Delhi.

    The PM also flagged off the Covid-19 innovation hackathon challenge via video-conferencing. IT tools, he said, have been very useful in the society’s fight against coronavirus, and that 12 crore people have downloaded the Aarogya Setu app.

    ASYMPTOMATIC CASES
    Medical education minister K Sudhakar said it was a matter of great relief that more than 80% of people tested in India are asymptomatic. “As a medical doctor I am pleasantly surprised by this and curious to know about the specific reason behind this resistance power among Indians.”

    Sudhakar urged tech companies to come up with new and robust solutions to use telemedicine elaborately. Karnataka is the first state to announce unlocking and we need to take this fear away from the common man, he said. Covid-19 requires hyperlocal management and citizen-government partnership is the way to fight this virus, he added.



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