Rajkot: Describing 2021 will be a year of health solutions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for united global efforts in searching for remedies and working in silos is not going to help.
Modi also said that India has emerged as the nerve centre of global health and effectively tackled the coronavirus pandemic with timely steps. “In the country of over 130 crore and population density, nearly one crore people have defeated corona. India’s record in tackling the pandemic has been much better than other countries,” he said.
“If 2020 was the year of health challenges, 2021 is going to be the year of health solutions. We are seeing how diseases are becoming globalized. The world will be more conscious and alert about health and more towards finding solutions This is the time when the entire world has to unite for developing responses. Working in silos is not going to help,” he said.
India, he said, will play a key role in these efforts with its competent medical professionals, experience and expertise in mass immunization and giving the world health solutions integrated with technology through its startups and startup ecosystem which has made healthcare better and accessible.
Modi said India’s preparedness to launch the world’s biggest vaccination drive is in the final stages to ensure that everyone gets the jab.
“If 2020 became synonymous with despair, 2021 has come with a hope for treatment,” he said