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Directing officials to strengthen the system to break the chain of coronavirus infection, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said as there was no treatment or vaccine for this global pandemic, prevention was the only remedy available at present.
“The government has been providing adequate treatment facilities for COVID-19 patients in Covid hospitals but as there is no treatment of this disease we have to adopt an effective strategy to counter it and continue to spread awareness about protection from it,” Yogi said while presiding over a high-level unlock review meeting at his official residence here on Tuesday.
Directing officials to further improve surveillance in the state, the chief minister said that contact tracing and door-to-door survey should be taken up effectively. He said the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) should maintain regular communication with the home isolated patients to get feedback about their condition. “CM helpline may also be used for this. District officials should expedite enforcement activities with regards to use of masks,” he said.
The chief minister asked officials to increase the number of beds in Level-2 and Level-3 Covid hospitals in Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Bareilly, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur and Varanasi districts. He said that Medical Education Minister Suresh Khanna would tour Varanasi and Mirzapur divisions for on-the-spot inspection of health services.
The chief minister asked doctors to take all measures to protect medical personnel and policemen from coronavirus infection.
He said that e-Sanjeevani, the online OPD service of the Government of India, should be well publicised so that maximum people could benefit from it.
The chief minister directed officials to provide ration kits and other relief material in time in flood-hit and marooned areas and ensure all necessary arrangements in all cow shelters.
He also directed officials to ensure availability of urea fertiliser for the farmers.
“The cleanliness campaign should continue with the same urgency, sensitising people about protection protocol. Various publicity modes like TV, newspapers, banners and posters should be used to underline the importance of giving impetus to cleanliness drive as it will help control communicable diseases,” he said.
Those present in the meeting included Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh, Minister of State for Health Atul Garg, Chief Secretary RK Tiwari, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner Alok Tandon, Agriculture Production Commissioner Alok Sinha,  Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) Sanjeev Mittal, Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Information) Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Renuka Kumar, DGP HC Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary (Medical Education) Rajneesh Dube, Additional Chief Secretary (Rural Development and Panchayati Raj) Manoj Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary (MSME) Navneet Sehgal, Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture) Devesh Chaturvedi,  Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Sanjay Prasad, Principal Secretary (Animal Husbandry) Bhuvnesh Kumar, Secretary to Chief Minister Alok Kumar and other senior officers.