CM Yogi Adityanath says UP in Covid ‘safe zone’, preparing for third wave

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the state has now moved into a Covid ‘safe zone’. In a statement, he said that the state has proved the critics wrong and managed to “successfully blunt” the surge through the trace, test and treat method.

“We are now preparing for a probable third wave. In Deoria, we will work on encephalitis control along with Covid care. The rainy season, which triggers encephalitis is just months away. Gorakhpur-Basti divisions previously bore the brunt of the scourge. We have reduced the encephalitis death rate by 95 per cent and now there are hundreds of health wellness and encephalitis treatment centres, which will help control the disease,” he said.

The Chief Minister added that paediatric ICUs (PICU) in district hospitals and mini-PICU in community health centres were being operationalised. A new 20-bed PICU has been planned for Deoria and a mini-PICU in Laar assembly segment.

Adityanath who is visiting various districts to review Covid management programmes, has asked the village heads to quarantine anyone who shows symptoms of the virus. “Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the state with the most Covid tests and at the vanguard of the vaccination campaign. Till Wednesday, we have conducted 48.7 million corona tests,” he said.