After 50,000 Covid-19 test/day target, UP CM directs officials to form 1 lakh team for surveillance
"KGMU's Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Department, Dr Ved Prakash informed the Chief Minister that presently due to rain, moisture in the air has increased, due to which this infection is increasing," said UP CMO tweet.
New Delhi: With Coronavirus numbers soaring, the Uttar Pradesh government has got cracking to prevent the further spread of pandemic. UP CM Yogi Adityanath has instructed officials to constitute 1 lakh teams in the state for effective surveillance on COVID-19 situation.
“For effective surveillance, the Chief Minister instructed to constitute one lakh teams in the entire state and said that the monitoring of the team of each district should be done under the leadership of the District Magistrate,” a tweet from Office of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said roughly translated from Hindi.
“Covid-19 spread increasing b/c of rain, moist air,” says UP CMO
This comes after the UP CM setting up a target of 50,000 Covid-19 tests per day. The state administration substantially ramped up its operations and conducted 45,000 tests per day in last week.
“KGMU’s Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Department, Dr Ved Prakash informed the Chief Minister that presently due to rain, moisture in the air has increased, due to which this infection is increasing,” said another tweet from the UP CMO.
As per another tweet, Dr Prakash said that it is necessary for everyone to wear a mask and comply with social distancing to deal with the infection. Proper ventilation is necessary for public places, he added.
80% Covid-19 patients asymptomatic in UP
Dr Prakash, as per a subsequent tweet, said that 80 per cent of COVID-19 patients are asymptomatic or mild, while 15 per cent of the patients are moderate. In addition, only 5 per cent of the patients are severe/critical. Home isolation of asymptomatic or mild patients should be done to avoid this, he said further.
According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website on Friday, the active cases in the state are 15,720. The number of cured and discharged is 26,675. The death toll is at 1,046. The total number of cases of coronavirus are 43,441 in the state.
(With ANI inputs)