Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that to control spread of COVID-19, all the DMs, SSPs/SPs, CMOs, principals of medical colleges and municipal commissioners should meet regularly to discuss and evolve effective action to control the spread of coronavirus.
“Implementation of a good action plan can save the COVID-19 situation. The COVID-19 death rate can be reduced by door-to-door survey, contact tracing, strong surveillance and more rapid antigen COVID-19 tests,” Yogi said while presiding over the unlock review meeting at his official residence on Sunday.
He said the people should be told not to move out of their houses unnecessarily and always wear masks and maintain social distancing.
The chief minister directed officials to ensure that all needy got food grain. “People without ration cards should be provided provisional ration card so that he may get ration,” he said.
“All the Covid and non-Covid hospitals should have adequate health facilities and medicines. Besides being cleaned and sanitised from time to time, the hospitals should necessarily have adequate numbers of ambulances, wheelchairs and stretchers as well as oxygen,” Yogi said.
He said that there should be regular check-up of cattle in cow shelters and availability of green fodder should also be ensured there.
The chief minister said that there should be public announcements about employment in MNREGA works so that those seeking jobs may be benefited. He asked Agriculture, Irrigation, Horticulture and other departments to prepare an action plan to provide jobs to maximum number of people.
“More employment in the Agriculture, Food Processing and MSME departments can help herald a new era of development in the state,” he said.
The chief minister asked Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Urban Development departments to continue to work for sanitisation and fogging. He said the supply of potable drinking water should be ensured.
Yogi said the Health and Medical Education departments should ensure that doctors took regular rounds in the hospitals and the paramedics monitored the condition of COVID-19 patients.
Reiterating that self-motivation was a must to save oneself from coronavirus infection, Yogi said that social distancing, use of masks, staying at homes and preventing crowds were some of the effective preventive measures.
Asking people to show unity in this hour of crisis, the chief minister said that use of sanitiser and washing hands with soap could also prevent people to a great extent from getting infected.
Those present in the meeting included Minister of State for Health Atul Garg, Chief Secretary RK Tiwari, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner Alok Tandon, Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Information) Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) Sanjeev Mittal, Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Renuka Kumar, Director General of Police HC Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary (Medical Education) Rajneesh Dube, Additional Chief Secretary (MSME) Navneet Sehgal, Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture) Devesh Chaturvedi, Additional Chief Secretary (Rural Development and Panchayati Raj) Manoj Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister SP Goyal, Principal Secretary (Animal Husbandry) Bhuvnesh Kumar, Secretary to Chief Minister Alok Kumar, Director of Information Shishir and other senior officers.