healthare and frontline workers

PM Modi commended Uttar Pradesh for the incredible handling of the pandemic's second wave during his visit to Varanasi on July 15. He said that UP which recorded 30,000 cases at the peak of the second wave compared to last year's single-day 7,016 cases, "stood up and battled the virus efficiently". He expressed his admiration for the state's vaccination numbers and its healthcare and frontline workers.