M orders good treatment f Firozabad fever patients
Says govt keeping 7 vigil on ozabad and Agra dical situation
Chief minister Yogi yanath said here on Tuesday arrangements were being e for better medical treatt of all those who fell ill in zabad. rlier, Yogi had said on Monhat at least 32 children and n adults died of a “mysterifever” in Firozabad in the one week. He said the hs would be probed by a from King George’s Mediniversity in Lucknow and a rnment surveillance team.
a Covid review meeting , the chief minister told the ers concerned that it would etter if all patients were ed to the medical college. He directed for increasing the ber of beds in the medical ge and making a team of ical specialists’ camp in Firad. e CM said, “According to , more resident doctors and medical staff should be ed there and supply of all ssary medicines ensured.
The government is keeping 24x7 vigil in Agra and Firozabad medical situation.”
The chief minister had said on Monday that at least eight to nine localities in Firozabad district were hit by the mystery dengue-like viral fever and at least 32 children and seven adults had died of it in the past week. He had also met some of the patients and their families in Firozabad.
“A separate ward has been created for this suspicious fever in Firozabad and the dedicated Covid-19 ward has been reserved as a separate ward. There have been three deaths at the medical college. In all, 32 children and seven adults have died of the suspicious fever,” Yogi Adityanath had said.
The state government had denied reports that the 39 people so far done 7.23 lakh tests and administered 7.15 crore vaccine doses,” he said.
He said that the infection rate was at its lowest and according to the latest updates, as many as 23 districts in the state did not have any active cases. “In the past 24 hours, the state did 1.73 lakh tests, of which only 19 were positive to Covid. Sixty-five districts did not report any fresh cases of Covid and the total number of active cases in the state at present is 256. Covid recovery rate in the state is 98.6% and the daily positivity rate is 0.01%”, he said. About preparations for the possible third wave, Yogi said that of the 554 sanctioned oxygen plants for the state, a total of 357 plants had become functional with the joint efforts of the state and the central government.
There have been three deaths at the medical college. In all, 32 children and seven adults have died of the suspicious fever