Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday, attended the virtual meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the chief ministers of various states and informed him about the steps being taken by his government to control the spread of COVID-19 in the National Capital Region districts.
“With successful implementation of ‘Test, Trace, Treat and Vaccination’ policy, UP is working to save lives and livelihood and control the spread of COVID-19,” Yogi Adityanath said and added, “Surveillance and precautionary measures have been stepped up in the NCR districts to avert any surge of fresh cases.”
The chief minister also expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his constant support and guidance throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
He further updated the prime minister on UP’s COVID-19 statistics, treatment, availability of medical resources and state’s preparedness to deal with any kind of future challenges.
Currently, Uttar Pradesh has sufficient availability of medical resources with the presence of 508 functional medical oxygen plants and availability of over 42,000 oxygen concentrators. People are also being made aware of Covid-19 related information through public address systems at more than 6,000 places.
The funds received in the form of Emergency Covid Relief Package are being used to further improve the health infrastructure in the state.
Yogi also said that his government worked to save lives and livelihood as a result of which amidst the challenges of COVID-19, the revenue of the state had increased by about 25 per cent and exports had risen by a whopping 30 per cent.
It is noteworthy that the Uttar Pradesh government has been managing the COVID-19 situation in the state effectively. Currently, out of the 1,384 active cases in the state, only 19 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised. The overall test positivity rate (TPR) in the state is 1.87 per cent and the number of cases per million is only 06.
So far more than 11 crore Covid tests have been done in Uttar Pradesh. UP has also administered over 31.26 crore doses of Covid vaccine. Out of these, over 17.09 crore are first doses to the eligible people while, over 13,89 crore people have been fully vaccinated in the state. As many as 27.35 lakh precaution doses have also been administered so far.
The entire population aged 18+ has received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine, while more than 87 per cent of adults have received both doses. In the age group 15-17 years, 94 per cent of adolescents have received the first dose and 65 per cent both doses. After the first dose, children in the age group of 12-14 are now being given the second dose as per their eligibility.