Odisha is the only State in the country who is providing free of cost COVID-19 treatment to all, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday.
“We are the only State in the Country who is providing everything free of cost’ to everyone – Universal free Coverage of all covid related expenses”, Naveen said in his address at the BJD legislature party meeting today.
He said, “Covid Pandemic in the last 6 months or so has changed the lives of people like never before. India is adding almost a lakh new cases every day and this is the highest addition in the world. India also has the second highest number of cases in the world. Country’s Economy has been hit very badly, registering -23% growth resulting in millions of job losses and lakhs of business closes. The country is going through a very tough phase”.