PSPL leader Shivpal Singh Yadav receives the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow on Friday
LUCKNOW: With coronavirus cases spiralling in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to make a higher number of level 2 and level 3 hospitals functional in the state, with varying facilities for Covid treatment, many of which had been discontinued when cases had started declining.
The CM said these hospitals should be started especially in districts where caseload is high, such as Lucknow, Kanour, Meerut, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Ghaziabad and Agra.
Anticipating a return of people to villages due to the panchayat polls, and as rural areas are throwing up about 50% of the total cases being reported from the state, Yogi said that ‘nigrani committees’ should be activated to keep a check on those who are returning and on home isolation cases.