With 118 new novel coronavirus positive cases being reported in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave out instructions to strengthen medical facilities across the state and asked district magistrates and chief medical officers to physically verify the facilities available in every hospital.
“Isolation beds, ICU beds, PICUs needed for children, paediatric specialists and ventilators should be checked. If there is any deficiency, then arrangements should be made to rectify it immediately,” Yogi said.
At a high-level Team-9 meeting in Lucknow on Wednesday, the chief minister said that the state-wide night curfew should be strictly enforced to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus infection and police patrolling should be intensified and people should be asked to follow the Covid protocol.
“Testing should be done for every person coming to Uttar Pradesh from any Indian state or from abroad. Extra precautions should be taken at bus stations, railway stations and airports. Also monitoring committees should be reactivated and every person coming from outside should be tested,” he said.
Meanwhile, 118 new COVID-19 cases were detected across the state in the last 24 hours while 36 patients recovered during the same time. At present, the number of active cases in the state is 473, however there are no COVID-19 patients in 25 districts.