WHO Director lauds India for progress in reducing number of COVID-19 cases

The number of coronavirus cases in India have been steadily declining. In this context, India has now been praised by the World Health Organization (WHO). India has done well in controlling the corona virus, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). 

Speaking on the occasion, Tedros said "This shows us that if we can do these simple public health solutions, we can beat the virus...With vaccines being added, we would even expect more and better outcomes."

He further said, India has made remarkable progress in gaining control on the spread of Coronavirus. This shows that if we take these simple public health measures, we can beat the coronavirus. We can expect even better results as the effect of the vaccine increases.

With 11,713 new COVID-19 cases, India's tally has reached 1,08,14,304, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Saturday.

India has reported 14,488 discharges and 95 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the total discharges and death toll to 1,05,10,796 and 1,54,918.

The total number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 1,48,590, as per the Union Health Ministry. As many as 54,16,849 have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in India so far.

Meanwhile, a total of 20,06,72,589 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to 5th February. Of these, 7,40,794 samples were tested yesterday, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

India 🇮🇳 has shown great progress in significantly driving down the number of #COVID19 cases, says @DrTedros.

"This shows us that if we can do these simple public health solutions, we can beat the virus...With vaccines being added, we would even expect more and better outcomes." pic.twitter.com/T1pgVi67tm

— Global Health Strategies (@GHS) February 5, 2021