The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of lockdown even as Allahabad High Court ordered the Yogi Adityanath govt to impose lockdown in capital city of Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur and Gorakhpur till April 26 amid the unprecedented surge of covid-19 cases in the state.
“The state government is working with full commitment to control coronavirus infections and a strategy is being worked on for extensive testing, tracking and tracking of continuous supply of oxygen along with the availability of ICU beds for prevention of Covid-19,” Adityanath said in an official statement, according to news agency ANI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday also interact with CM Yogi Adityanath on Monday and reviewed about the pandemic situation and the efforts his government has been putting in to curb the spiraling surge of the daily cases in the state.
Earlier, a statement released by the Chief Minister’s Office(CMO) had said that there will be no lockdown in the state.
“There is no need to impose a complete lockdown. Weekend lockdowns will continue to curb the spread of Covid-19,” CMO said. Navneet Sehgal, additional chief secretary (information), said. “The UP government is submitting its reply before the court on its observations,” Sehgal said, according to ANI.
On Monday, Uttar Pradesh recorded 28,287 Covid-19 cases, pushing the tally of infection in the state to 879,831, while deaths rose by 167, the highest daily rise so far, to reach 9997. The number of recoveries in the state has increased with over 10,978 patients discharged in a day and that 661,311 people have recuperated so far from the disease in the state, which has 208,523 active cases, the state health bulletin said.
