Not getting much help from Centre to tackle Covid-19 crisis, says Mamata Banerjee

Hours after the second case of coronavirus disease Covid-19 was confirmed in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged that the state government is receiving no help from the Centre in tackling the situation over Sars-Cov-2.

She said this while addressing the media at the state secretariat, about an hour before attending a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over video conferencing. PM Modi is supposed to interact with all chief ministers in the evening and discuss ways to deal with the spread of the virus.

However, Banerjee refused to divulge details, saying she will talk about the steps during the video conferencing with PM Modi and brief the media afterwards.