Modi video conferences 130 Indian Ambassadors on Corona |
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video conference with the Heads of all of India`s Embassies and High Commissions worldwide on Monday Evening. The conference, first such event for Indian Missions worldwide, was convened to discuss responses to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Prime Minister noted that extraordinary times require extraordinary solutions, which was why even in this globalized era, most of the world had quarantined itself. Modi said India had taken unprecedented and early steps in response to this pandemic from mid-January this year, to reduce the risk of importing the infection, and thereafter to prevent a large outbreak. This included the world`s largest quarantine and lock-down, implemented by India. He also exhorted them to take steps on five specific counts: i. To ensure their own health and safety, and that of their teams and families; ii. To attend to Indians who remain in various foreign countries, given the uncertainty of continuing international travel restrictions. iii. To stay alert and identify in their countries of accreditation best practices, innovations, scientific breakthroughs and sources to procure medical equipment for India`s fight against COVID-19.
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