Covid-19: No time wasted in allocating relief material, govt clarifies

Says high-burden states with higher caseload are a priority

Amid criticism of slow distribution of foreign aid coming into the country to help out with the Covid crisis, the government on Tuesday said it had put in place a streamlined and systematic mechanism for allocation of the support supplies and other relief material received by India for effective distribution.
 
The medical infrastructure of 38 institutions across 31 states has been strengthened through the supplies received by India, the health ministry said. The ministry also issued a statement to clarify that the government did not waste time in the effective allocation and distribution of the pandemic relief material.