Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday expressed confidence that his governments just launched My family - my responsibility campaign would strengthen the fight against COVID-19 in the state which has recorded more than 12 lakh cases so far. In a video conference meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Thackeray said case fatality and COVID-19 positivity rates are also expected to come down due to the mass health campaign aimed to curb the coronavirus spread. The meeting was attended by Chief Ministers of high COVID-19 burden states.

Thackeray told the PM his government was in the process of setting up tele-ICU system in rural areas of Maharashtra and also post-COVID care centers for those who have recovered from the infection. The ''My family, my responsibility campaign launched on September 15 is aimed at effective healthcare education for control of the pandemic. It is being conducted in two phases- spread over September and October- with target to reach out to 2.25 crore households twice.