PM Modi at Davos: Despite doomsday predictions, India defeated Covid and helped 150 other countries

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PM Modi at Davos: Despite doomsday predictions, India defeated Covid and helped 150 other countries

Despite the prediction of a Covid tsunami, India not only managed to fight the pandemic but also helped 150 countries along the way, PM Modi told WEF on Thursday.

India Today Web Desk 

New Delhi

January 28, 2021

UPDATED: January 28, 2021 18:13 IST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing World Economic Forum's Davos Dialogue via video conferencing

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India not only managed to beat the Covid-19 crisis it has also helped over 150 countries in the process, despite predictions for the worst.

Addressing the World Economic Forum's Davos Dialogue via video conferencing, PM Modi said that at the beginning of the pandemic, global experts had predicted that India will face a tsunami of Covid-19 cases. "While some experts said 7-8 million Covid cases, others said more," PM Modi said.

But, he said, with the use of public participation and technology for testing and tracking, India was able to turn the fight against Covid-19 into a mass movement. "Today, Covid cases are declining rapidly in India," PM Modi said at the global platform.

"India's stats cannot be compared with one country as 18 per cent of the world's population lives here and yet we not only solved our problems but also helped the world fight the pandemic," PM Narendra Modi said.

"In these tough times, India has been undertaking its global responsibility from the beginning. When airspace was closed in many countries, India took more than 1 lakh citizens to their countries and delivered essential medicines to more than 150 countries," PM Modi said.

The prime minister further promised the world that India's role in solving the Covid crisis globally will increase with the rollout of more "Made in India" Covid-19 vaccines.

"Right now there are two made in India vaccines. World Economic Forum will be relieved to know that in the time to come many more vaccines will come from India. These vaccines will enable other countries to speed up their vaccination process," he said.

PM Modi said that India has been able to achieve rapid immunisation on the domestic front as well. "In just 12 days, India has vaccinated more than 2.3 million health care workers. In next some months, we will achieve our target of vaccinating 300 million elderly people and people with comorbidities," he said.

On the economic front, PM Modi said, the situation will also rapidly evolve as India works toward its goal to achieve self-reliance.

"Even during Covid times, India kept the economic activity going by investing millions in infra and created jobs. India is marching ahead with a pledge to become self-reliant. India's drive to become self-reliant will strengthen globalisation and Industry 4.0," the PM said.

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