DW BUREAU / chandigarh Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal said that the state is fully equipped to deal with any situation arising due to corona pandemic. Enhanced health infrastructure has been set up in the state. Along with enhanced health facilities the State Government has also started the recruitment process of new medical staff. The Chief Minister said this during a meeting held by Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi with the Chief Ministers of all the states through video conferencing on Wednesday. During this, Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala and Health Minister Sh. Anil Vij were also present. Chief Minister, Manohar Lal said that under the guidance of Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi health services are being enhanced. He elaborated that Corona investigation, vaccination, treatment, awareness and management of health services are being conducted. For the last one week, there has been slight rise in the number of corona patients in three districts sharing proximity with Delhi. Sharing the COVID status of the remaining districts of the State he said that there are no patients in four districts, while the number of patients in the remaining districts is less than 10. He said that there are currently 1960 corona positive cases in the state, out of which 1380 patients are in Gurugram, 463 in Faridabad and 27 in Sonipat. The positivity rate of the State is 0.5 percent, he added. CM said that Haryana had received 4.25 crore doses under the Corona vaccination campaign. Out of this, the first dose has been administered to 100 percent and the second dose to 88 percent of beneficiaries. Also, 43 percent of the beneficiaries have been administered precautionary dose. He informed that the Government is administering the precaution dose free of cost, however, it was earlier priced at Rs 250 for the beneficiaries falling within the age group of 18 years to 59 years. The Chief Minister said that 72 percent of the age group of 15 years to 18 have been administered the first dose while 42 percent have been administered the second dose. 30 percent of the students in the age group of 12 to 14 years have also been vaccinated. (editor@dailyworld.in)