Children may also be at Covid risk, proper planning needed to protect them: Health Ministry
India TodayThe Union Health Ministry on Friday raised concern about the rise in Covid-19 cases in several districts in India and cautioned that children may also be susceptible to the infection. During a press conference on the Covid-19 situation in the country, Health ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal stressed that proper planning is needed to protect children from contracting the virus. Talking about districts in India that are still reporting a case positivity rate of more than 10 per cent, the health ministry cautioned that the pandemic is far from over. PM HOLDS MEET WITH CMs Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a meeting with the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, and Kerala on the Covid-19 situation in these states.