With 50,000 tests a day, CM Yogi Adityanath to start Door to door testing in Uttar Pradesh

The Tatva Staff July 13, 2020

AP20172273177506 — A doctor checks the temperature of a woman during a free medical camp in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 20, 2020. India is the fourth hardest-hit country by the COVID-19 pandemic in the world after the U.S., Russia and Brazil. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

With Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructing to increase the COVID-19 testing capacity, Door-to-door screening for Chinese coronavirus has begun in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in a tweet on Saturday had said that medical screening and testing are the most important means to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection.

कोरोना वायरस संक्रमण को फैलने से रोकने के लिए मेडिकल स्क्रीनिंग और टेस्टिंग सबसे अहम माध्यम है।

आपकी सरकार ने घर-घर मेडिकल स्क्रीनिंग करने के निर्देश दिए हैं।अगर किसी में लक्षण मिलेंगे,तो उनका सैम्पल लेकर टेस्ट किया जायेगा।

आप सब जागरूक रहें, सतर्क रहें।

बचाव ही इसका उपचार है।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) July 11, 2020

CM Yogi Adityanath has given the instructions to the officials to conduct door-to-door medical screening. “If anyone is found to have symptoms, the health officials will take the sample for testing,” he added. Everyone should be aware and alert, as staying protected is the best treatment.

The chief minister directed that a special cleanliness campaign should be carried out on weekends.

Directing the officials to ensure a special vigil in Varanasi, Jhansi, Kanpur Nagar, Bareilly, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Ballia and Azamgarh, he said in the districts reporting higher number of infections, mobile testing vans should be used.

The chief minister said the use of face masks and social distancing will have to be adopted in daily life for which there is a need to create awareness.

CM श्री @myogiadityanath जी ने कोविड-19 टेस्टिंग क्षमता को बढ़ाकर 50 हजार टेस्टिंग प्रतिदिन करने के निर्देश दिए हैं। उन्होंने मंडलायुक्त, गोरखपुर को अपने सभी जनपदों में कोविड से रोकथाम व संचारी रोगों के दृष्टिगत चलाए जा रहे अभियानों की प्रभावी माॅनिटरिंग करने के निर्देश दिए हैं।
— Yogi Adityanath Office (@myogioffice) July 12, 2020

He directed the health and medical education departments to have a continuous dialogue with chief medical officers (CMOs) and all principals of medical colleges respectively for taking inputs of on different works, the release added.

More than a million and a half migrant workers returned to their homes in UP amid lockdown. Yogi government also announced special packages to ensure the migrant workers can find work in their home states and do not have to leave again for work.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 12,208 active cases of coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh. 982 people have lost their lives due to complications associated with coronavirus infection. The state is currently testing more than 20,000 samples daily and the Yogi government is determined to increase the capacity to 50,000 tests per day.