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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is scheduled to chair a virtual meeting with the health ministers of five states and a union territory on Monday (January 10, 2022) to review the COVID-19 situation amid an exponential rise in the cases.
According to a PTI report, the COVID-19 review meeting will be attended by the health ministers of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Earlier, on Sunday, Prime minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country, ongoing preparedness of health infrastructure and logistics, status of the vaccination campaign in the country and the public health implications of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron.
The meeting was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar, Member (Health) NITI Aayog Dr VK Paul, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Home Secretary AK Bhalla,
