Uttar Pradesh government committed to well-being of all, say Yogi Adityanath

VARANASI: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that every life matters to the state government which is committed to the well-being of every citizen and will ensure adequate medical aid is provided to every person in need.
Speaking to reporters after reviewing Covid treatment and relief arrangements in Azamgarh, the CM said, “Our government is committed to the well-being of every citizen. For us, every life matters. Officials must ensure adequate medical aid and food is provided to every person in need. We never discriminate unlike others and do not believe in serving people selectively.”
A couple of days after visiting Saifai, the CM reviewed arrangements in the parliamentary constituency of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
The CM said, “We adopted strategy of testing and treatment and have brought down cases from 38,055 in a single day in April to 3,955 today, when people were claiming there would be over one lakh new cases per day after April 25.”
“We have been increasing our testing capacity to above 3.26 samples per day from 2.25 lakh till April. Our efforts succeeded in reducing the number of active cases to 76,000 now,” said Yogi.
Free Covid vaccination of all above 18 years will begin in all the 75 districts from June 1 and our government is trying to ensure availability of vaccines for the drive, he added.
The common service centres will be roped in to assist people in villages for vaccination on the CoWin website and app, the CM said.
“We are fighting the toughest battle of the century under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and with the help of our health workers who are working tirelessly,” said Yogi.
“When the pandemic started in 2020, there was no facility to test Covid infection in the state. We created facilities and 4.67 crore people have been tested till now in the state,” the CM added.
The positivity rate in the second wave has come down and we have intensified preparations for anticipated third wave. All medical colleges and government hospitals are being equipped to meet challenges, he said.
Yogi praised the health workers in Azamgarh and said their tireless efforts have yielded positive results.
We are setting up 377 oxygen plants in the state to and of these 15 will come up in three districts of Azamgarh division to ensure there is no shortage and each life is saved, said Yogi.
The CM visited the Covid Command and Control Care and checked the arrangements besides conducting surprise inspection of health facilities in Bijuara village. He also interacted with newly elected gram pradhans and asked them to work with citizens, representatives, and district officials to achieve best results.
The CM also interacted with ASHA workers and hailed the work of surveillance committees in curbing the spread of the deadly virus in the rural heartlands of the state.