UP CM Yogi Adityanath
LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday dismissed speculations on the possibility of lockdown in the state despite the surge in Covid-19 cases.
“We will neither impose lockdown nor let people die in misery,” the CM said, directing officials to take over private testing labs, if required, and pay adequate amounts to ensure there is no delay in test results.
“The government should also take over private hospitals and medical colleges, if necessary, to overcome any shortcomings,” he added.
The directives were issued after the CM office received several complaints about delay in test reports and that some private labs were not carrying out tests at all. The CM said more private labs should be roped in to increase RT-PCR tests to account for at least 70% of the total tests. “Capacity of RT-PCR testing labs should be increased so that the state can carry out at least 1.5 lakh RT-PCR tests per day in the coming days. TrueNat machines should also be used for testing,” the CM said.