WEB DESK / New Delhi
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that Coronavirus is not a natural but an artificial virus and now many countries in the whole world – they are researching on it for a vaccine.
“We have to understand the art of living with corona. This is not a natural virus. It is an artificial virus and now many countries in the whole world – they are researching on it for a vaccine. The vaccine is not available, it is expected that vaccine will be available as soon as possible, then there will be no problem,” Nitin Gadkari said in an interview to NDTV.
“The second problem is detection methodology. We need some good methodology for that so that we can immediately identify the virus. This is unexpected because this a virus from laboratory, this is not natural virus, so the world is now prepared, India is now prepared, scientists are prepared. After finding a solution for that, we can create confidence. After taking a vaccine there will be no problem,” he said, adding that this would alleviate fear.
Mr Gadkari, the Minister in charge of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and also Road Transport, said migrant workers stranded by the nationwide coronavirus lockdown left due to fear, and expressed hope that they would return when businesses reopen. “We need to fight coronavirus but we are also fighting an economic war. We are a poor country and can’t increase the lockdown from month to month,” he said.
