Patna, Aug 23 (UNI) Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey today came down heavily on leader of the opposition Tejaswi Prasad Yadav for being indulged in politics over Corona pandemic, saying he should avoid any such attempt.
Mr Pandey said here that leader of the opposition Mr Yadav was either not understanding the technicalities of Corona pandemic and performance of the government in handling it, or he was trying to extract political mileage in this difficult period. If he was deliberately trying not to understand the performance and good work of the government in handling coronavirus challenge, it was his style of politics which should have been avoided, he added.
The Health Minister said that positivity rate of covid-19 cases in Bihar had reduced from 12-13 per cent to 3 per cent. Similarly, casualty rate had also reduced to 0.5 per cent which was almost one fourth of national average, he pointed out.