The situation in the state was reviewed on Thursday with a high-level team constituted for Corona management under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, amid rising Corona infection in various countries including China. In this meeting, the Chief Minister gave necessary guidelines in view of the possibility of an increase in Corona cases. The time does not call for panic, but rather alertness and caution. He instructed the officials that genome sequencing of each positive case should be done so that variants could be detected.
The Chief Minister said that an increase in new cases of Covid has been seen in different countries since last week. However, this is normal in Uttar Pradesh. The COVID positivity rate in the state for December was 0.01%. Currently the total number of active cases is 62. In the last 24 hours, 27,208 thousand tests were done and not a single new patient was confirmed. In the same period, 33 people received treatment and became Corona virus free.
He said that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the strategy of trace, test, treatment and vaccine to prevent Covid has proved successful. It is possible that there may be an increase in new cases in the coming few days. In such a situation we have to be alert. This is not the time to panic, but to be alert and careful. CoviThe COVID protocol has to be strictly followed. MakeEducate The public should wear face masks in public places such as hospitals, buses, train stations, and markets. Use the public address system.
The Chief Minister said that the changing circumstances of Kovid should be closely monitored. The medical schools and the health department should coordinate their preparation effectively. Further policy decisions will be made in consultation with the State Level Health Advisory Committee. Maintain constant contact with the Ministry of Health, Government of India. It is imperative to keep an eye on the new offerings from Covid. Whatever new cases are found, their genome sequencing should be done.
Daily testing should be increased. People suffering from serious, incurable diseases, and the elderly will have to take special precautions. He said that we all have experienced the usefulness of the Integrated Covid Command and Control Center in Covid management. Home, Health and Urban Development departments should prepare to reactivate ICCC with mutual coordination.
According to the Chief Minister, village heads, ANMs, sisters, and Anganwadinwadi workers should cooperate in keeping with the Prime Minister’s mantra “Where there are sick, there is care.” These people have played a big role in the fight against Covid so far. The campaignfarIt should be reactivated so that it can keep an eye on sick people with Covid symptoms in their areas, and provide immediate hospital/doctor services as needed.d.
The infrastructure for hospitals was developed by the company. Ventilators and specialists were deployed in every district. Ensure adequate availability of doctors and paramedical staff in all hospitals. Whether rural or urban, all hospitals should have adequate resources.
The Chief Minister said that the usefulness of the vaccine in preventing Covid infection is self-evident. Uttar Pradesh is the most vaccinated state with 39.06 crore vaccination doses. 4.48 crore prevention doses have also been installed in the state. In view of the new variant of Covid, there is an expectation of speed in applying the precautionary dose. People need to be made aware of the need and usefulness of the precautionary dose.
UP CM held a meeting with Team-9 officials over #COVID1 today
He told officials to create awareness about mask usage in crowded&public spaces. He instructed them to conduct genome sequencing of every positive case. Also told them to increase pace of COVID testing&precaution dose pic.twitter.com/SwKaKVUz3Z
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2022
