“Have to be Alert”: UP Chief Minister strategizes with officials for Covid

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the state at a high-level meeting with officials, and directed them to monitor the new coronavirus variant, ramp up testing and conduct genome sequencing of fresh cases.

He also asked them to make people aware about wearing masks in crowded public places such as hospitals, buses, railway stations and markets. “It is possible that there may be an increase in new cases in the coming days, so we have to be alert. This is not the time to panic, but to be alert and careful,” he said.

According to a statement, the chief minister during the meeting with Team-9, a team of senior officials and ministers constituted for Covid-19 management, directed them to reactivate the Integrated Covid Command and Control Room (ICCC) and also activate the public address system.

The meeting comes in the wake of the sudden rise in cases in China and other countries over the past few days. The statement said the situation remains under control in Uttar Pradesh and the Covid positivity rate in December has been 0.01 per cent. The state currently has 62 active cases with no new infection being reported from 27,208 tests conducted in a 24-hour span. During the same period, 33 people recovered from the infection, the statement said.