UP CM Yogi Adityanath's team in Agra to check steps against Covid-19

A two-member team sent by CM Yogi Adityanath to take stock of steps taken by the district administration to p...Read More
AGRA: A two-member team sent by chief minister Yogi Adityanath here to take stock of steps taken by the district administration to prevent Covid-19 from spreading held a meeting with top officials on Monday. The team also conducted spot inspection at Covid-19 containment zones and an isolation centre on NH-2.
The team is headed by secretary (power department) M Devraj and senior professor of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow, Dr Rahul Janak Sinha.
On Sunday, the state government had announced that teams comprising a senior IAS officer and a doctor would be sent to 11 districts, worst affected by coronavirus. These include Agra, Meerut, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Firozabad, Moradabad, Basti, Aligarh, Jhansi and Bulandshahr districts.
The teams will check arrangements in hospitals providing treatment to infected patients and those suffering from other diseases. It will check manpower and availability of medical equipment in the Covid-19 hospitals.
The teams have been directed to stay in the districts till June 20 and present a report to the state government on the status of Covid-19 and steps taken to prevent it from spreading in the districts.
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