Rs 1300 crore for NE states to fight COVID-19

Guwahati: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has announced that the Centre will provide a financial package of Rs 1,300 crore to the Northeastern states to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The fund will be provided to purchase medicines, enhance oxygen supply, and increase beds- general ICU and children- at local and district-level hospitals.

Mandaviya further said that this fund will also increase the vaccination drive by the states in the region, and the government has committed to providing enough vaccines to the states.

 

 

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