Yogi asks high-level teams to camp in Agra, Meerut, Knp
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday ordered high-level medical teams and senior bureaucrats to go to Agra, Meerut and Kanpur as these three districts have recorded an unabated spike in coronavirus cases. The officers will submit a report regarding the districts to the chief minister every morning and evening. Yogi Adityanath issued this directive at a review meeting with chairpersons of 11 committees set up for Covid-19 management.
“Send high-level teams to Agra, Meerut and Kanpur to contain the spread of Covid-19 and monitor pandemic containment and treatment,” the chief minister said at the meeting.
The chief minister directed principal secretary industrial development Alok Kumar, principal secretary, medical education, Rajneesh Dubey and IGP Vijay Prakash to camp in Agra. He also said he wanted a senior doctor of SGPGIMS (Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow) to go to Agra.
Besides, he asked principal secretary, irrigation, T Venkatesh and IGP Laxmi Singh to camp in Meerut with senior health and medical education department officers.
In Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) managing director Anil Garg and inspector general Deepak Ratan will monitor the situation with two senior
officers of the health department.
The chief minister asked officials to make all ventilators functional, prepare a list of anaesthetists and train them to operate ventilators.
Emphasising on boosting the immunity of the general public, he asked the officers concerned and the respective district administrations to encourage the use of Ayush Kavach Covid app created by the state’s ayush department.
“This would help and guide people towards immunity enhancement because it has a lot of Ayurveda and yoga-related tips,” Adityanath said.
He said a list of migrants returning to UP should be arranged so that the government could manage their safe homecoming. The state government was committed to the safety of the returning migrants, he said, adding that it must be ensured that no migrant would have to take a long walk home.
Laying stress on strict adherence to the lockdown, he asked officials to ensure enhanced alertness on both inter-state and international borders of UP.
All Covid-19 hospitals must have sufficient PPE (personal protective equipment), N-95 masks, sanitisers and other related paraphernalia, he said. All the community kitchens must maintain the highest level of cleanliness and they should be sanitised frequently, he said.
These kitchens must supply good and sufficient food to the needy, he added. Adityanath has also said that people involved in the preparation of food in community kitchens in the state should be tested on a daily basis.
While all migrants must be screened, those with symptoms must be tested, he said. Those who test positive should be provided with the best of treatment, he said, adding that healthy migrants should be sent home with ration kits.
Along with the Team-11 officers, medical education minister Suresh Khanna; health minister Jai Pratap Singh and minister of state for health Atul Garg were present at the meeting.