- Title: India handled COVID-19 crisis better than globally, says interior minister
- Date: 28th June 2020
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (JUNE 28, 2020) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) INDIAN INTERIOR MINISTER, AMIT SHAH AND SENIOR JOURNALIST, SMITA PRAKASH SEATED SHAH LOOKING ON PRAKASH SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) INDIA'S INTERIOR MINISTER, AMIT SHAH, SAYING: "The government of India has fought this (coronavirus) battle well. If we compare it to the global scenario, then our numbers are very good." NEW DELHI, INDIA (JUNE 27, 2020) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) CAR PARKED AT DRIVE-THROUGH COVID-19 CENTRE AS HEALTH WORKERS STAND WEARING PROTECTIVE SUITS SIGNBOARD READING (English): "DRIVE THROUGH TESTING" HEALTH WORKER TAKING SAMPLE OF PERSON SITTING IN CAR SIGNBOARD SAMPLES BEING PACKED NEW DELHI, INDIA (JUNE 28, 2020) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) (OVERLAYING WITH SHOT NO. 11) INDIA'S INTERIOR MINISTER, AMIT SHAH, SAYING: "The Narendra Modi (Indian Prime Minister) government has made immense economic reforms during the coronavirus phase, whether it is in the coal sector, mining sector, electricity, industrial policy reforms, banking sector reforms. And we have made these reforms keeping in mind the post-COVID19 era. These are huge efforts which would definitely bring results in economic recovery." INTERVIEW IN PROGRESS NEW DELHI, INDIA (JUNE 27, 2020) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS HEALTH WORKERS WEARING PROTECTIVE SUITS TAKING BLOOD SAMPLES HEALTH WORKERS STANDING CLOSE OF SYRINGE COLLECTING BLOOD SAMPLE HEALTH WORKERS STANDING CLOSE OF SYRINGE IN HEALTH WORKERS' HANDS NEW DELHI, INDIA (JUNE 28, 2020) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) (OVERLAYING WITH SHOT 18) INDIA'S INTERIOR MINISTER, AMIT SHAH, SAYING: "We will have 30,000 beds till June 30. There are already some 8,000 beds in railway coaches and 8,000 more are going to be made. DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization) is making an exclusive COVID-19 hospital, which will also have 250 ICU (intensive care unit bed), with a ventilator. There is also this 10,000 bed 'Radha Soami Satsang Beas' (religious centre) facility. We made this facility while keeping in mind the monsoon season. ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) will be administering this facility." PRAKASH LOOKING ON NEW DELHI, INDIA (FILE - JUNE 26, 2020) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF MAKESHIFT BEDS AT SPIRITUAL CENTRE-TURNED-COVID-19 CARE CENTRE PEOPLE AT CENTRE VARIOUS OF HEALTH WORKERS OF PERSONNEL OF INDIA'S PARAMILITARY INDO-TIBETAN BORDER POLICE AT THE CENTRE NEW DELHI, INDIA (JUNE 28, 2020) (OVERLAYING WITH SHOT 23) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) INDIA'S INTERIOR MINISTER, AMIT SHAH, SAYING: "4,594 trains have carried migrants to their destinations. Nearly 6,300,000 migrant workers who lived far off went to their homes via trains. Nearly 4,200,000 migrants living in neighbouring states, for example, Gujarat to Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh to Telangana, Kerala to Tamil Nadu, etc., such 4,200,000 migrants were sent to their homes via buses. This is true that some sights during the migrants' crisis were heart-wrenching. We also felt sad that they lost patience and started walking home." PRAKASH LOOKING ON GAYA, BIHAR, INDIA (FILE - MAY 11, 2020) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) MIGRANTS DEBOARDING TRAINS PEOPLE STANDING IN QUEUES INFANT UNDERGOING THERMAL SCREENING POLICE GUIDING MIGRANT WORKERS STANDING IN QUEUES AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA (FILE - MAY 11, 2020) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) MIGRANT WORKERS WAVING MIGRANT WORKERS BOARDING BUS NEW DELHI, INDIA (FILE - MAY 11, 2020) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) MIGRANT WORKERS WALKING MIGRANT WORKER STANDING VARIOUS OF MIGRANT WORKERS WALKING
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- Keywords: Amit Shah COVID-19 China India New Delhi coronavirus interior minister lockdown
- Location: NEW DELHI/GAYA, BIHAR/AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA
- City: NEW DELHI/GAYA, BIHAR/AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Government/Politics
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- Story Text: India's Interior Minister, Amit Shah, on Sunday (June 28), said that the country has managed COVID-19 crisis better than the rest of the world, a day after the positive cases in the country crossed half-a-million mark.
Shah quoted the ratio of positive cases in India per million population which stands at 357 as compared to the global average of 1,250 and improvement of recovery rate that stands at 57 percent. He also said as compared to the global death rate of 63.2 per million population India's death the rate stands at 11.
India is currently the fourth worst affected country in the world in terms of total positive cases of coronavirus, with a total of 528,859 cases, including 203,051 active cases, 309,713 cured, discharged, or migrated and 16,095 deaths.
India recorded 410 deaths and highest single-day spike of 19,906 new COVID19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The interior minister added that his government is aware of the gravity of economic slowdown and they have introduced a series of reforms keeping in mind the post-COVID19 era.
"The government has made immense economic reforms during the coronavirus phase, whether it is in the coal sector, mining sector, electricity, industrial policy reforms, banking sector reforms," said Shah in a conversation with Reuters partner ANI.
Shah also talked at length about the medical preparations in Delhi, the worst affected city in India by the deadly virus.
India's poorly funded-medical infrastructure stands challenged during the crisis, as the government opened nearly two-month-long lockdown, resuming most of its services. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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