With a spurt in COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh in the last fortnight, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stressed the need to expedite the process to give booster doses to youth over 18 years of age and also asked people to exercise caution.
During a review meeting here on Wednesday, Yogi said that new cases of novel coronavirus infection were increasing in different states of the country hence the people should be made aware of the importance of booster dose and booster vaccination centres.
In the last 24 hours, UP recorded 318 fresh COVID-19 cases – highest in the last one month. During this period 178 COVID-19 patients recovered. At present, there are 1,645 active cases in the state. Over 93 per cent of these patients are undergoing treatment at home.
So far 33.40 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the state. With this, 94.79 per cent people of the state have taken both the doses of the vaccine.
The government record claims that 98.72 per cent adolescents in the age group of 15-17 years have received the first dose of Covid vaccine and 82.57 per cent adolescents have received the second dose.
In the age group of 12-14 years, 92.54 per cent children received the first dose of the vaccine and 52.12 per cent children have received the second dose. Besides, more than 33.43 lakh preventive (booster) doses have also been provided.
The chief minister said that there was a need to further increase the fleet of advanced life support ambulances.
“All mobile medical vans should be functional. Technical support should be taken to keep their response time to a minimum,” he said and added that the facilities of trauma centres in medical institutions of the state should be further strengthened.
The chief minister said that the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur had prepared a model to ensure availability of sound health facilities in rural areas and an action plan should be submitted after studying it.