Coronavirus in India: Nearly 1 lakh people arriving in UP to be home quarantined
On Saturday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had issued directions to officials to keep the approximately one lakh people, who have arrived in the state in the last three days from other parts of the country, in home quarantine.
Nearly one lakh people, who have arrived in Uttar Pradesh over the last few days owing to the countrywide lockdown, have been asked by the state government to remain in home quarantine while instructions in this regard have been conveyed to the village pradhans, a senior official said here on Sunday.
Principal Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad told PTI, "Through community surveillance and our departmental officers, they (people arriving in the state) have been told to be in homes. They will be in home-quarantine for a period of 14 days."
On Saturday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had issued directions to officials to keep the approximately one lakh people, who have arrived in the state in the last three days from other parts of the country, in home-quarantine.
According to a state government spokesperson, Yogi Adityanath said one lakh people have come to UP from other states in the last three days.
Their names, addresses and phone numbers have been made available to the district magistrates and are being monitored, the spokesperson added.
Yogi Adityanath also issued directives for all these people to be kept in quarantine and arrangements for their food and other daily needs be fulfilled, a statement issued by the state government said.
"No one in the state should remain hungry during the lockdown," Yogi Adityanath was quoted as saying.
While chairing a review meeting at his residence, Yogi Adityanath on Saturday also issued directions to officials to strengthen the supply chain of essential goods, the statement said.
While nodal officers of Uttar Pradesh were deployed in 12 states on Friday, Yogi Adityanath deployed nodal officers in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Ladakh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh and the northeastern states on Saturday.
People from Uttar Pradesh who are in other states, doing business and pursuing jobs there, can get all kinds of facilities by contacting the nodal officers.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said that 58,752 pradhans and 11,631 councillors have been contacted through the CM helpline and 11,912 complaints were also resolved.
Principal Secretary Prasad said anyone who has any kind of problem or symptom of the disease can call the CM helpline at 1076 and immediately get advice.
"Advice and medical facility can also be obtained at the helpline of the health department. The department is monitoring around 60,000 people who have returned from abroad," Prasad said.
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