Over 63 lakh citizens under lens in 6,000 hotspots in UP

LUCKNOW: Hotspot areas continue to grow in UP and have reached about 6,000 across the state under which over 63 lakh people are under observation. Just a week earlier, on July 16, there were 4,510 hotspots in the state under which 62 lakh people were under observation.
Additional chief secretary (home) Awanish Awasthi on Thursday said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had expressed concern about the rising hotspots and had asked senior officials to personally visit each of them to ensure implementation of lockdown.
“Right now there are about 6,000 hotspots in the state under which 10.72 lakh houses have been covered and over 63 lakh people are under observation. The CM has directed senior police and health officials to go there personally to ensure that the lockdown is being followed properly,” he said. Last week, when 1.55 lakh homes were under the hotspot areas, affecting 62 lakh persons, the CM had said that a detailed review would be carried out to analyse why cases are rising and how to prevent the spread of the virus. An official said that these areas are being monitored continuously to ensure that the virus does not spread from them.
Meanwhile, door to door surveillance has started in Lucknow where two teams of 25 persons each, including both teachers and health officials, have been deputed to scan persons in each house. The government has appealed to people to proactively get themselves tested, especially now when home quarantine has been permitted, to ensure that they get immediate medical attention which can then reduce the death count due to Covid-19.
“Please get yourselves tested and ensure that you give your correct address and contact details so that one can reach out to you in case you test positive. This is also true especially in contact tracing which is now being implemented strictly across the state,” Awasthi said.