Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today chaired a high-level meeting to review the COVID-19 situation in India and preparedness of public health system for surveillance, containment and management of COVID-19 in view of the recent spike in cases of COVID-19 in some states. He was joined by Prof. S P Singh Baghel and Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Ministers of State for Health and Family Welfare. Dr V K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog was also present. State Ministers who joined the meeting include Alo Libang, Chief Minister and Minister of Health (Aruachal Pradesh); Brajesh Pathak, Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister (Uttar Pradesh); Dhan Singh Rawat, Health Minister (Uttarakhand) who was present physically; Dinesh Gundu Rao, Health Minister (Karnataka); Anil Vij, Health Minister (Haryana); Veena George, Health Minister (Kerala), Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane, Health Minister (Goa); Keshab Mahanta, Health Minister (Assam), Banna Gupta, Health Minister (Jharkhand); Dr Balbir Singh, Health Minister (Punjab); Saurabh Bharadwaj, Health Minister (Delhi); Dr. (Col.) Dhani Ram Shandil, Health Minister (Himachal Pradesh); Prof. Dr. Tanajirao Sawant, Health Minister (Maharashtra); Damodar Rajanarasimha, Health Minister (Telangana); Dr Sapam Ranjan, Health Minister (Manipur); Niranjan Pujari, Health Minister (Odisha); Rangaswamy, Administrator (Puducherry); among others.
