Don’t fall for rumours, get yourself vaccinated: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited Moradabad and Bareilly divisions on Saturday to review the implementation of Covid-19 control and management protocols. The CM inspected the Integrated Command and Control Centres in both divisions and also visited Manoharpur village and Mudia Ahmad Nagar village where he interacted with monitoring committees and rapid response teams.
Encouraging people to get vaccinated, Yogi said drive for those above the age of 18 years was scheduled to start in Moradabad from Monday. “Do not fall for rumours and get vaccinated. However, don’t take the vaccine if you have fever and wait for at least a month before taking your shot. Also, register online so that we can avoid crowding at centres,” he said. The CM said some had voiced concerns that UP would be reporting 1 lakh positive cases per day by May 1 but “today is May 8 and we have 26,000 cases. We have therefore been successful in Covid management and our strategy has been correct”.
He also directed officials to ensure that there is at least one dedicated hospital for women and children in the district for which the 102 ambulance service should be made available and another one, especially for non-Covid ailments like cancer, liver disease etc. The CM said that active cases were down by 3,500 in Moradabad division and by 2,800 in Bareilly division over the past week, adding that he had been alerted to the possibility of a rise in infection in rural areas after the panchayat polls and that his government was taking all care to prevent the spread of the virus there. “We had already set up monitoring committees and they will be panning out in the more than 97,000 revenue villages and screen everyone for symptoms. We are making arrangements to increase monitoring committees in Moradabad and Bareilly,” he said.
On the availability of oxygen in Moradabad, Yogi said that not only was the area being supplied with oxygen through Oxygen Express trains but more was being brought from nearby areas through tankers. He added that air separator units were also in place in some areas. “The Centre has approved of three oxygen plants for Moradabad through the PM CARE funds. We have supplied more than 200 oxygen concentrators in Covid hospitals and are making arrangements to supply more to community health centres. We are also making plans to ensure oxygen supply to patients in home isolation,” he said.
In Mudiya Ahmad Nagar, Yogi met the monitoring committees and rapid response teams and spoke about the surveillance and testing drive. He also interacted with the newly elected pradhans and gram panchayat members and discussed the distribution of medicine kits and encouraged them to carry out intensive checking to mark out Covid patients so that they could be given early treatment.