Dublin: Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in a video message urged the Indians to remain optimistic in the fight against coronavirus.
He expressed his concern also to his ancestral village of Malvan in Maharashtra and to the people of India, and said, ” We are trying to deal with an enormous challenge that is the coronavirus pandemic. It is affecting different countries in different ways.”
He further said, ” I know how difficult that is in India as well. Ramping up testing ,ramping up contact tracing, trying to develop new vaccines, new medicines and trying to protect our healthcare staff. I know it is going to be a big struggle for everyone around the world, impacting not only our health but also our economy and livelihoods.”
“My calls and prayers for everyone. The people of Ireland are with the people of India,” he added.
Varadkar is the son of Ashok and Miriam Varadkar. His father was born in Bombay, presently Mumbai, and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a doctor. His mother was a nurse, born in Dungarvan, County Waterford.
