Asking officials to take extra care of Lucknow, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed them to conduct door-to-door survey with full sincerity and, if required, deploy additional teams.
“Testing and contact tracing are the important components of COVID-19 control, hence it should be expedited,” the chief minister said while presiding over a high-level Unlock review meeting at Lok Bhawan here on Saturday.
The chief minister said that extra attention was required in Lucknow in view of the spike in COVID-19 cases.
Asking officials to keep all Covid beds in Lucknow ready, he directed Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, King George’s Medical University and Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences authorities to use their full capacity in treating COVID-19 patients.
“The private Covid hospitals in Lucknow should adhere to the norms and have all the facilities,” he added.
The chief minister also stressed the need to intensify police patrolling.
He said that all medical equipment, including ventilators, should remain functional in all the Covid hospitals and they must have at least 48-hour oxygen backup.
Yogi directed Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad and Additional Chief Secretary (Rural Development and Panchayati Raj) Manoj Kumar Singh to hold meetings with the district magistrate, chief medical officer, chief development officer and municipal commissioner of Lucknow to prepare an effective action plan to control the spread of coronavirus in the state capital.
He said that eSanjeevani, the online OPD service of the Union Health Ministry, was proving to be very useful. He said that patients in a large number had benefited from this mobile app service. He directed widespread publicity of eSanjeevani so that more and more people could benefit from this service.
The chief minister directed officials to make all proper arrangements for the NEET in the state. “Make sure that no examinee faces any hassle,” he said.
Yogi directed the chief veterinary officers to inspect cow shelters regularly in their respective districts. He also directed the Excise and Police departments to take stern action against those involved in the recent hooch tragedies of Meerut and Baghpat. He asked the officials to take action against the guilty under the National Security Act, if deemed necessary.
Those present in the meeting included Medical Education Minister Suresh Khanna, Chief Secretary RK Tiwari, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner Alok Tandon, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) Sanjeev Mittal, Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Information) Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Director General of Police Hitesh C Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Renuka Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary (Medical Education) Rajneesh Dube, Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister SP Goyal, Additional Chief Secretary (MSME) Navneet Sehgal, Additional Chief Secretary (Rural Development and Panchayati Raj) Manoj Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture) Devesh Chaturvedi, Additional Chief Secretary (Excise) Sanjay R Bhoosreddy, Principal Secretary (Animal Husbandry) Bhuvnesh Kumar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Sanjay Prasad, Secretary to Chief Minister Alok Kumar, Director of Information Shishir and other senior officers.