With coronavirus cases in India reaching almost 6 million and deaths crossing 94,000 as on Sunday morning, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the findings of the soon to be released second sero survey indicated that India was still far from achieving any kind of herd immunity.
The health minister also said that the public healthcare expenditure as a percentage of GDP would increase from 1.15 to 2.5 per cent by 2025. “It will mean an actual increase of 345 per cent over the current share in this short period of time,” he said.
Warning against complacency, Vardhan said that