Speaking at the international seminar 'One World TB Summit' held at the Rudraksha Convention Center on World TB Day, CM Yogi Adityanath stated, "The state government has so far paid Rs 422 crore through DBT for nutritional assistance to the state's TB patients. We are committed to keeping the 25 crore population of UP healthy."
India has expanded its TB elimination drive, with the ICMR training scientists from seven South East Asian Region nations Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Timor Leste, Indonesia, Maldives and Sri Lanka to prevent tuberculosis from spreading from there
A quadcopter test flight was done to transport medicines and other supplies from Rishikesh, while samples from Tuberculosis patients were obtained in Tehri.