₹23,000 crore. Every state in the North East can take help from this package to strengthen its health infrastructure," Modi said.
The prime minister said the COVID-19 situation was worrisome in some districts of North-East and urged the chief ministers to stay alert and act fast to check the further spread of the virus.
The PM said stricter steps were needed at the micro-level to check the virus spread and called for greater emphasis on micro-containment zones. "We need to continue accelerating our vaccination drive," he added.
While most parts of the country have seen a steady decline in the COVID0-19 numbers, the northeast region has been a cause of concern with the number of cases either rising or not falling in line with the