CM launches scheme to provide medicine kits to children in UP

With a resolve to protect the children during the possible third wave of corona, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched a scheme to provide free medicine kits to those up to 18 years. On this occasion, he flagged off the medicine distribution vehicles.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said that when many states are struggling with the second wave, Uttar Pradesh has been able to control the spread of the virus.
He said that the possibility of a third wave has been expressed by experts and in such a situation, the state government has started preparations with a comprehensive action plan.

“This is a four-phase strategy. Cleanliness, sanitisation, fogging and providing pure drinking comes under the first phase. Parents of kids below 12 years will be vaccinated in the second phase. The process of construction of 100 PICU beds in all the medical colleges of the state is being done on a war footing in the third phase while in the fourth phase, children below the age of 18 years with symptoms of COVID-19 have been divided into four categories (0-1 year, 1-5 years, 5-12 years and 12-18 years). Different types of medicine kits have been prepared for each category. Free medicine kits are being distributed to more than 50 lakh children through this programme,” the CM said.

Paying tributes to people who died of COVID-19, the chief minister expressed condolences to the bereaved families on behalf of the state government. “Between April 23 and 24, as many as 6,200 positive cases were reported in Lucknow itself, but the figure came down to 19 today. There are 19 districts where there is not a single positive case. There are 45 districts where positive cases have come in the single digit. There are some districts where only one positive case has come up,” CM said.

Yogi called upon the monitoring committees to conduct village-village and door-to-door surveys and provide medicine kits to symptomatic people. “If someone is Covid positive, they should be kept in home isolation. If there are no arrangements in the homes, they should be kept in the quarantine centres, panchayat ghar or schools,” the CM said.
He added that more than 72,000 monitoring committees were functioning in the state. ASHA and Anganwadi workers, ANMs, village heads and Revenue department personnel associated with the monitoring committees deserve praise as they have played an important role in making villages Covid-free.

The CM said that the corona pandemic is not over yet, so people have to follow all the protocols. “If a person has Covid symptoms, they must get the test done and start treatment. Everyone must take the vaccine jab on their turn,” the CM said.