NEW DELHI : India’s chief of defence staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat on Friday said that despite some cases of novel coronavirus disease or covid-19 in the Indian armed forces, the military was fully prepared to take on any possible challenges to the country’s security.
Addressing a rare press conference alongwith the chiefs of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, Rawat also outlined plans by the armed forces to honor those on the frontlines of India’s battle against the SARS-CoV2 virus that causes covid-19 which has sickened some 35,000 people in the country and claimed more than 1,100 lives.
In his remarks, Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh said that Indian Naval ships and Air Force transport aircraft besides Air India aircraft were on standby