The Health Department will hold a live press conference on April 20 to tackle questions and issues relating to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Director of Health Services, Dr Aman War, informed today.
The press conference, which will run from 4pm to 5pm, has been necessitated given Meghalaya sudden and rapid increase in coronavirus cases this month; the number of active cases has shot up by over 1,100 percent since the end of March.
Panelists will include experts from different fields of medicine who will “address and clarify different issues and challenges relating to the current scenario of the Covid-19 pandemic,” the release said.
The press conference will disseminate “proper information and awareness” on the Covid-19 vaccine, importance of vaccination and the recent spike in cases.