Increase Covid testing capacity in state: Yogi

LUCKNOW Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed officials to ramp up Covid testings to 50,000 per day. He said to achieve the figure the scope of RT-PCR tests should be increased to 30,000 while that of rapid antigen to 18,000 to 20,000 a day besides 2,000 to 2,500 tests by TruNAT machines.Yogi also issued instructions to increase sample collection in Varanasi, Ballia, Ghaziabad and Jhansi districts.

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LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed officials to ramp up Covid testings to 50,000 per day.

He said to achieve the figure the scope of RT-PCR tests should be increased to 30,000 while that of rapid antigen to 18,000 to 20,000 a day besides 2,000 to 2,500 tests by TruNAT machines.

Yogi also issued instructions to increase sample collection in Varanasi, Ballia, Ghaziabad and Jhansi districts. The CM gave these directives while presiding over ‘Unlock-2’ review meeting here on Monday. He also reiterated that cleanliness and sanitation drive should be done on Saturdays and Sundays as it will help control Covid-19 as well as other vector-borne diseases.

Yogi asked the nodal officers to keep a close eye on Covid-19 situation in their respective districts.

The CM said the markets will remain open from Monday to Friday while the weekly offs will be observed on Saturdays and Sundays. He also called for door-todoor screening by the surveillance teams and medical testing of suspected cases.

“Covid patients should be sent to proper Covid facility,” he said.

The CM asked the state DGP that all necessary precautions must be taken to save police personnel from the infection.

While directing the officers concerned to be extra cautious in Varanasi, Jhansi, Kanpur Nagar, Bareilly, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Ballia and Azamgarh districts, the CM said administration should press mobile testing vans into service in the districts with high infection rate. Yogi said all must follow Covid protection protocol and the administration should take effective action against those found without masks.