Fight Against CoronaVirus: Corona Virus Will Be Investigated In 24 State Medical Colleges Of UP

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Fight Against Corona Virus: Corona virus will be investigated in 24 medical colleges of UP. Virology lab will be opened here. Apart from this, efforts should be made to set up labs in the Mandals which are not yet Government Medical Colleges. This instruction was given by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that on March 23, the number of samples tested was only 72 and now it has increased to three thousand per day. Pool testing should also be emphasized with increasing labs. Along with Lucknow, labs made in other districts should also do pool testing. In the past, there has been a huge increase in the investigation of corona virus samples in UP.

On Friday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took information about the lab testing in medical institutions through video conferencing and said that there is no shortage of funds. In such a situation, samples of more and more people should be examined. Currently, testing is being done in 15 labs in the state. Its scope should be expanded and more labs should be set up with permission from ICMR.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that along with testing, infection will also have to be stopped. CM said that the availability of wide scale PPE kit, N95 mask, should be ensured. While directing the operation of medical emergency services, the CM said that while operating the emergency services, it would be appropriate to see whether the patient is corona positive. Special care should be taken in the treatment of elderly, pregnant women and patients who are already suffering from any disease.

In the video conferencing, Principal Secretary Medical Education Rajneesh Dubey told Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that on March 23 there was only one testing lab in the state, now it has become 15 labs. Apart from this, the availability of PCR machine, gene-expert machine, abbot machine, RNM extractor machine, cobas machine will increase the test manifold. He informed that networking has been done with ICMR. Necessary training is being given for testing. Medical Education Minister Suresh Khanna was also present in the video conferencing.