Army Chief General MM Naravane on Monday stated the Covid-19 outbreak has taught everybody lots, and highlighted the significance of worldwide and regional cooperation to sort out any pandemic-like state of affairs.
He was talking on the inauguration of PANEX-21, a trans-national, multi-agency train held in Pune from December 20 to 22, aimed toward “promoting jointness in disaster management aspects for BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal) and develop capabilities. Initiatives for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Nations”.
General Naravane stated that the unfold of COVID-19 pandemic internationally has taught many classes to all when it comes to preventive management, mitigation technique and protocols.
“We all have seen in recent days the massive disaster caused by the COVID-19 pandemic from the end of 2019 all over the world and which is still wreaking havoc in many countries,” he stated.
“India has already seen its worst effects during the second wave in April-May 2021, during which we have lost a lot of precious lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has, in fact, held the world community together to tackle the challenges and mitigate them at the earliest,” he stated.
He stated that the event of varied vaccines and vaccination campaigns to vaccinate the residents on the earliest is a giant step on this regard.
“The outbreak of the pandemic has seen a rise in circumstances with the world community not only of incredible and far-reaching levels of cooperation between each other, but also to provide assistance in terms of medicines and other administrative needs of the affected states during these trials. also received. bar,” he stated.
General Naravane stated that the nation is nicely conscious {that a} pure calamity is not going to anticipate the pandemic state of affairs to subside.
“Furthermore, a dual disaster is a current reality for which we must be prepared, in order to minimize its impact on our population. Therefore, the importance of international cooperation is imperative to achieve regional cooperation on this. BIMSTEC Member States There is a group of people who share many similarities and have been culturally and economically involved for many years,” he stated.
Apart from India, the BIMSTEC regional group consists of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
