Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday claimed that while a vaccine against Covid-19 was just about a month away, the infectious virus had already been contained in the state.
“We are about a month away from the Covid-19 vaccine and the state has already contained the pandemic. Developed countries like the US registered a Covid-19 death rate of about eight percent, but Uttar Pradesh only saw 1.04 percent of Covid-19 deaths,” Yogi Adityanath said.
He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the “Healthy Eastern Uttar Pradesh” drive at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Gorakhpur, where he was the chief guest.
He also said that Covid management had received huge praise from the World Health Organisation and a research paper should be done on it.
“Teamwork always pays rich dividends and medical institutes like AIIMS should realize their role in this regard. More and more research should be done on the field, which is generally better than what is done in labs,” he added.
He added that the medical fraternity that Gorakhpur was responsible for about five crore people, spread over Gorakhpur and Basti divisions, eastern and north Bihar and Nepal.
UP government to set up 35,000 COVID vaccine centres across the state
The Uttar Pradesh state government will prepare 35 thousand Covid vaccine centres under 24 hours CCTV surveillance in the state.
All vehicles carrying vaccines will also have the GPS (global positioning system) trackers.
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, held a high-level review meeting on Wednesday regarding the preparedness for the vaccination drive. He asked the health and home departments to prepare a foolproof work plan for secure storage and the cold chain for Covid vaccines.
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He asked officials to use the previous experience of rubella and measles vaccination programmes carried out in the state. Reminding them of the deadline, the chief minister asked the officials concerned to put in place safe storage facilities by December 15, putting all of them under CCTV camera vigil.
Chief Minister virtually reviewed the training for master trainers for the vaccination which is being conducted by the central government in the state.
Yogi Aditynath said that the state government was working in all seriousness for Covid vaccine storage as the government is committed to saving people from Covid-19.