Observing that Uttar Pradesh had quite a low COVID-19 death rate and high recovery rate, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed officials to maintain high standards of Covid treatment and control.
Presiding over a high-level Unlock review meeting at his official residence here on Saturday, the chief minister said that the government and private Covid hospitals should have adequate supply of oxygen with proper back up.
He also asked officials to ensure that the oxygen was available at the prescribed rates.
The chief minister especially reviewed the Covid situation in Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Prayagraj, Jhansi, Ayodhya, Meerut and Gorakhpur and directed officials to strengthen health services in these districts.
Principal Secretary (Health) Alok Kumar apprised the chief minister of the situation in Kanpur Nagar. Kumar said contact tracing was hundred per cent in Kanpur Nagar.
The chief minister said the online OPD service eSanjeevani had proved to be quite successful. He said for wider reach of this service, it should be publicised well.
Yogi asked the officials to continue mass awareness programmes for protection and treatment of Covid. He said public address system should be used for making the people aware of Covid protection measures.
The chief minister stressed on extensive contact tracing, testing and door-to-door survey to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Yogi asked officials to maintain all the health services in the Covid hospitals. He also asked them to ensure that the doctors and the nursing staff took regular rounds of wards, the paramedics monitored the condition of the patients intensely and the ambulance services were run effectively.