WATCH: PM Modi gets emotional! Pays tributes with folded hands to people who lost their lives in pandemic

New Delhi, May 21: In an interaction with doctors, paramedical staff, and other frontline health workers in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi got emotional remembering those who lost their lives in the pandemic. Interacting with the frontline workers, PM Modi had to take multiple pauses and was seemingly emotional, trying hard to fight back tears.

 

 

Addressing the event, the Prime Minister commended the work done by the doctors, nurses, technicians, ward boys, ambulance drivers and other frontline health workers of Kashi. He paid tributes to all those who lost their loved ones. "COVID-19 has snatched many of our loved ones from us. I pay my respect to the people who died of COVID-19 and express my condolences to their beavered families," PM Modi paid tribute with folded hands.

 

 

He highlighted the impending situation of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and the preparedness of the Covid and non-Covid hospitals. The Prime Minister, during the video conference, also lauded Varanasi for fighting efficiently against the second wave of the COVID-19 crisis.

 

 

Further, PM Modi termed the vaccine as a 'safety armour' against COVID-19 urging people to get vaccinated. "Vaccination has provided protection to our frontline workers, who could serve the people. In the coming days, we will be extending vaccine protection to everyone," PM Modi said.

 

 

He also cautioned against the new challenge posed by Black Fungus in the battle against the pandemic. He added that it is important to pay attention to the precautions and arrangements required to deal with it."In our ongoing fight against COVID-19, a new challenge of black fungus has surfaced. We must focus on taking precaution and preparation to deal with it," he added.

 

 

PM Modi reviewed the working of various COVID hospitals in Varanasi including Pandit Rajan Mishra COVID Hospital, which was recently started through the joint efforts of DRDO and the Indian Army.

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