New Delhi: After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath clarified {that a} lockdown is not going to be imposed in the state, Law Minister Brijesh Pathak on Tuesday acknowledged {that a} lockdown could possibly be imposed in Lucknow if COVID-19 cases continued to rise.
In a letter to the Additional Chief Secretary Health and Principal Secretary Health, Pathak stated that he’s getting requires assist from hospitals on account of lack of assets however he’s “unable” to supply any aide.
The Minister acknowledged in his letter, which has gone viral, he urged that strict measures be applied to deliver the scenario underneath management and {that a} lockdown can’t be dominated out if the state of affairs doesn’t enhance.
“It is unlucky that personal hospitals have diminished testing. There is a necessity of 17,000 testing kits, whereas solely 10,000 can be found,” Pathak stated in the letter. He added that hospitals ought to ramp up testing as properly.
Meanwhile, a slew of measures and restrictions and issued new tips to curb the unfold of the lethal virus was introduced on just lately. Authorities additionally imposed night time curfews in main cities of Uttar Pradesh, together with Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi, with impact from April 8.
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a contemporary and a really extreme wave of the pandemic with as many as 18,021 new cases in the previous 24 hours. Lucknow alone reported 5,382 new COVID-19 cases.
