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PM Narendra Modi calls for regional air ambulance pact amid Covid-19

Special visa for doctors, platform of South Asia and two African nations among PM's suggestions at workshop on managing Covid

Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Photo: ANI
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Modi, in his virtual address, said that over the past year a lot had been achieved through regional health cooperation, and urged: “Can we now think of raising our ambition further?”

Ruchika Chitravanshi New Delhi
A special visa scheme for doctors and nurses and a regional air ambulance agreement for medical contingencies across South Asia and two East African island nations were among the suggestions made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a workshop on managing Covid-19 on Thursday.

Modi, in his virtual address, said that over the past year a lot had been achieved through regional health cooperation, and urged: “Can we now think of raising our ambition further?”

The Prime Minister floated the suggestion to “create a regional platform for collating, compiling and studying data about the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines among our populations”.

He said,