Don’t hide Covid-19 data: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra writes to UP CM Yogi Adityanath

LUCKNOW: In yet another letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed concerns over the ‘low’ testing rate and acute shortage of beds in the state.
“The biggest cause of concern is testing which in one of the four main pillars of Covid containment. Treatment, tracking and vaccination are the other three. Many people in the cities are not getting their reports. We have information that testing is extremely low in the rural areas. If the state falters on pillar number one, how can the virus be ever defeated,” she said, asking the government to increase testing centres.
In a 10-point charter of suggestions, Priyanka said: “Don’t hide Covid-19 cases and deaths. Rather introduce transparency to effectively manage the situation.” Priyanka also offered to help the state government in coronavirus containment.
In her letter, Priyanka also raised concern over the shortage of life-saving medicines and black marketing of oxygen was adding to the misery of the grief stricken families.
Stating that middle men were taking advantage of the crisis situation and over-charging from the people she urged the CM to think about the plight of the middle and lower class people. She said that she was pained to see how relatives were suffering at crematoriums and burial grounds for hours to get their dear ones a respectable end and asked the CM to introduce a proper system to make it easier for the aggrieved families. “Please don’t leave people to their fate in this battle of human survival,” she said.
The last concern raised by Priyanka related to the slow pace of vaccination in the state.
“It has been over four months since the vaccination programme was launched in UP but not even one crore persons have been vaccinated in the state. This is a missed opportunity,” she stated.