<span style="color: #222222;">The Country now needs to plan about the second phase of nationwide unlock debunking all lockdown related rumours. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this in his remark during the second day of virtual meeting with the State and Union Territories Chief Ministers to chalk out further roadmap to embolden nation's fight against Corona Virus. He said, the nation needs to think about phase 2 of Unlock and how to minimize all possibilities of harm to the people. He reiterated that the timely Decisions by the government helped contain the global pandemic of COVID-19 in the country to a large extent.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Prime Minister highlighted the increase in domestic manufacturing capabilities of PPEs, masks, availability of diagnostic kits in adequate quantity, supply of ventilators made in India using PM CARES fund, availability of testing labs, lakhs of COVID special beds, thousands of isolation and quarantine centres, and adequate human resource through training. He stressed on the need to give constant emphasis on health infrastructure, information systems, emotional support and public participation.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Modi highlighted that the recovery rate in the country has been considerably high due to the early preparedness ensured by the government. Prime Minister credited the high discipline observed by the common citizens in the country for achieving better containment results. He emphasised on the need to weed out the stigma attached with the infection. Emphasizing the importance of testing and tracing he urged States to work towards development of more testing centres. Mr. Modi also stressed on the need to effectively use Aarogya Setu App to widen the scale of contact tracing in the country.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister talked about being vigilant against health related problems that come with the Monsoon. He also emphasized the emotional aspect of the battle against the virus, including battling fear of being afflicted and the stigma attached by making people aware of the high number of those who have defeated the virus and recovered.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Modi exhorted States and UTs to work upon developing infrastructure to extend the facility of telemedicine to make health solutions accessible to larger number of people. He also called upon a greater concerted effort of all organisations including NGOs and private players to help India return on the track of normalisation.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Today's interaction was the second part of the two day interaction, and witnessed participation of States and UTs including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana and Odisha.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Chief Ministers thanked the Prime Minister for his leadership and briefed him about the ground situation in the states and their preparedness to tackle the impact of the virus. They talked about health infrastructure available to meet the challenge and steps taken to strengthen it further, support provided to frontline workers, monitoring in containment zones, campaigns to encourage usage of masks and other safety precautions, increase in testing, and providing gainful employment opportunities to the migrants who have returned.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister thanked the Chief Ministers for their views. He mentioned that the collective commitment to fight against the virus will lead us to victory, while also talking about the need to speed up economic activities with due precautions in place.</span>