Stay ahead of Covid-19, says UP CM; sets target of 1.5 lakh tests

LUCKNOW: Setting a target of 1.5 lakh Covid tests per day, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that it was important to stay two steps ahead of the virus to tackle it. UP conducted over 1.44 tests in the past 24 hours.
It was necessary to study the case history of recovered patients and understand how the virus had been defeated in individual cases, the CM said, adding that this knowledge would help the government formulate an effective strategy to control the spread of coronavirus.

In a meeting with Team 11 on Wednesday, the CM said that it was necessary to think ahead to control the global pandemic.
“The CM has said that case studies of successfully recovered patients should be studied to help us carve out a future strategy,” said additional chief secretary (home) Awanish Awasthi.
He said that the state government’s pro-active policies in testing and treatment had resulted in a much lower death rate compared to not just other states but also other countries with a similar population.
The CM has emphasised on early detection of Covid-19 cases to bring down death rate. He has given directions to all district magistrates and chief medical officers to intensify surveillance, contact tracing and door-to-door surveys.
He has set a target of over 1.5 lakh tests a day across the state of which at least 85,000 should be done through rapid antigen testing while 45,000 should be RT PCR tests.