<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday issued directions to scale-up testing for Covid-19 and ensure facilities for regular, speedy and inexpensive tests for all at the earliest.</p>.<p>The directions came at a meeting to review research and vaccine development ecosystem against Covid-19, where the prime minister called for continued vigilance and a high state of preparedness against the pandemic.</p>.<p>“The Prime Minister reiterated the country’s resolve to provide cost-effective, easily available and scalable solutions for testing, vaccine and medication, not only for India but for the entire world,” an official statement said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>Modi also appreciated efforts made by Indian vaccine developers and manufacturers to rise to the Covid-19 challenge and committed to continue government facilitation and support for all such efforts.</p>.<p>The Prime Minister said that regulatory reform is a dynamic process and experts in every current and emerging domain should be used by the regulator proactively, as many new approaches have emerged.</p>.<p>The meeting was attended by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, NITI Aayog Member (Health), Principal Scientific Advisor, senior scientists and other officials.</p>.<p>According to the statement, the prime minister directed that both sero-surveys and testing must be scaled up and he said that the facility to get tested regularly, speedily and inexpensively must be available to all at the earliest.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday issued directions to scale-up testing for Covid-19 and ensure facilities for regular, speedy and inexpensive tests for all at the earliest.</p>.<p>The directions came at a meeting to review research and vaccine development ecosystem against Covid-19, where the prime minister called for continued vigilance and a high state of preparedness against the pandemic.</p>.<p>“The Prime Minister reiterated the country’s resolve to provide cost-effective, easily available and scalable solutions for testing, vaccine and medication, not only for India but for the entire world,” an official statement said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>Modi also appreciated efforts made by Indian vaccine developers and manufacturers to rise to the Covid-19 challenge and committed to continue government facilitation and support for all such efforts.</p>.<p>The Prime Minister said that regulatory reform is a dynamic process and experts in every current and emerging domain should be used by the regulator proactively, as many new approaches have emerged.</p>.<p>The meeting was attended by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, NITI Aayog Member (Health), Principal Scientific Advisor, senior scientists and other officials.</p>.<p>According to the statement, the prime minister directed that both sero-surveys and testing must be scaled up and he said that the facility to get tested regularly, speedily and inexpensively must be available to all at the earliest.</p>
