Ensure no cow, camel sacrificed on Bakrid: Yogi Adityanath
In view of Covid-19, not more than 50 people should gather at any place associated with the festival, says CM
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday asked the administration to ensure that no cow, camel or any other prohibited animal was sacrificed on the festival of Bakrid (July 21).
He also said sacrifices must not happen at any public place, adding that not more than 50 people should gather at any place associated with the festival. He issued these instructions to the officials concerned at a Covid-19 review meeting. “All administrative preparations in view of the festival of Bakrid should be completed. Considering Covid-19, not more than 50 people should gather at any place associated with the festival. Ensure that no cow, camel, or any other prohibited animal is sacrificed. The sacrifice must not take place at any public place and only earmarked places, or private spaces should be used (for sacrifice). Cleanliness should be paid special attention to. Issue detailed guidelines in this regard,” he said.
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“No one can be allowed to play with public health. The state government is committed to providing quality medical care to people. Launch an in-depth probe. Mark such centres and act against them,” he said to the officials concerned at the Covid-19 review meeting. Once again, no district in UP reported new Covid-19 cases in double digits in the past 24 hours, he said. There was no fresh Covid-19 case in 55 districts while single-digit cases were reported in the remaining 20 districts.
At present, the state has 1,188 active Covid-19 cases . As many as 2.18 lakh tests were done in the past 24 hours and 40 people tested positive for Covid-19 while 99 patients recovered during the same period. The positivity rate has remained at 0.02% and the recovery rate is 98.6%“Aligarh, Chitrakoot, Hathras, Kasganj, Mahoba, Shamli and Shravasti have no active cases,” he said and added that this indicated that the state’s policy of “trace, test, treat, and vaccinate” was working well. He also said that vaccination was going on well in the state with a total of 4.30 crore doses administered so far, including 3.38 crore first doses.
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