File photograph of Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav.
Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav claimed that there is a shortage of fever medicines in villages, not to mention oxygen and hospital beds.
- PTI Lucknow
- Last Updated:May 04, 2021, 15:06 IST
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Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday mentioned the Uttar Pradesh authorities’s “lie” that there is no Covid-19 spread in villages is proving to be “very deadly” for the agricultural areas. He claimed that there is a shortage of fever medicines in villages, not to mention oxygen and hospital beds.
For days now, Uttar Pradesh has figured among the many 10 greatest contributors to India’s Covid-19 tally. According to an official assertion, the state recorded 29,192 recent Covid-19 circumstances on Monday that pushed its tally to 13,42,413 whereas 288 extra fatalities took the demise toll to 13,447. “The unfold of coronavirus in villages is a matter of nice concern. When there is a scarcity of fever medicines in villages and tehsils, we can’t count on availability of oxygen, beds or vaccines,” Akhilesh said in a tweet in Hindi.
“The BJP government’s lie that there is no coronavirus in villages is proving very deadly for the rural areas,” he mentioned. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed officers to begin giant scale Covid-19 testing in rural areas from May 5 in view of the rising variety of circumstances in villages following the not too long ago concluded panchayat polls.
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