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India responding to Covid-19 crisis with utmost urgency from the start: WHO

The country did not witness an exponential increase in cases like some other countries which reported their first few cases, along with India, said WHO Regional Director (South-East Asia)

Covid-19 patients are seen inside a quarantine centre at CWG Village, in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: ANI
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Covid-19 patients are seen inside a quarantine centre at CWG Village, in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: ANI

ANI New Delhi
India is responding with utmost urgency to coronavirus from the very beginning and has been continuously strengthening preparedness and response measures, WHO Regional Director (South-East Asia) Poonam Khetrapal Singh said on Wednesday.

"India is responding with utmost urgency to Covid-19 from the start. It's been continuously strengthening preparedness and response measures, including ramping up testing capacities, readying more hospitals, arranging and stocking up medicines and essentials," Singh said at a virtual briefing.

"India took bold, decisive and early measures earlier in the outbreak. The country did not witness an exponential increase in cases like some other countries which reported their