Speaking at the ‘Sagar Manthan 2.0’ event organized by the weekly magazine ‘Panchjanya’ in South Goa, Naik responded to queries about the possibility of another lockdown in the event of an outbreak.He conveyed a message of reassurance, stating, “There is no need to panic. We can overcome it, just as we have done in the past.”
As per the Union Health Ministry’s latest data on Sunday, the country recorded a single-day increase of 656 Covid-19 infections, with active cases rising to 3,742. India also reported 22 cases of the JN.1 Covid variant by December 21, with 21 identified in Goa and one in Kerala.
Highlighting the resilience of the Indian economy post the Covid-19 pandemic, Naik attributed the recovery to the…