The World Health Organisation (WHO) praised the Indian government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their efforts in dealing with the outbreak of the coronavirus.
HenkBekedam, WHO Representative to India, said that he was impressed and satisfiedto see the commitment of the Indian government towards tackling the healthcrisis.
"Thecommitments from the Indian government and from the top-level, Prime Minister'soffice and he himself has been enormous, has been very good and impressive.India is doing quite well," he said.
InIndia, the total positive cases of coronavirus have risen to 126 while threepeople – a 64-year-old man in Maharashtra, a 68-year-old woman in Delhi and a76-year-old man in Karnataka, have died due to the infection so far.
Lastweek, the WHO had declared coronavirus or COVID-19 a pandemic after it spreadto over 150 countries across the world.
Inview of rising cases of COVID-19 in India, the Central government has beenpulling out all the stops to contain the spread of the highly contagious virus.
