New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday hailed the contribution of frontline "COVID-19 warriors" such as healthcare workers, police personnel and sanitation workers, as he handed out letters of appreciation to them.
The letters were signed by the minister and 40 civilians, and were handed over to COVID-19 warriors doctors, nurses, bankers, sanitation staff, postal department employees, among others.
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Speaking on the matter of violence against the health and police staff, he said that in order to mitigate the volence against these warriors an ordinance has been brough. "Attacks on them will not be tolerated and that is why we have brought ordinance against such acts," he said.
Hailing the contribution of the COVID-19 warriors, Javadekar said they were fighting the battle against the pandemic at the frontlines fearlessly.
"India will win and coronavirus will be defeated," Javadekar asserted. (PTI report)
