Cold chain for Covid vaccine to be prepared similar to Polio in Uttar Pradesh

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Lucknow, December 8: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Corona vaccine cold storage chain should be prepared on the lines of cold chain made for pulse polio vaccine. Also, concrete arrangements should be made for the safety of the storage centers being set up for the Covid vaccine.

The Chief Minister reviewed the unlock system at a high-level meeting at his government residence at Kalidas Marg here on Tuesday.

During this, Yogi has instructed to increase the number of beds of Covid-19 in the districts of Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar, Jhansi, Ghaziabad and Gorakhpur, while instructing to take complete vigilance to prevent corona infection.

The Chief Minister said that the system of prevention and treatment from Corona should be strengthened. Also, the system of contact tracing and surveillance system should be kept fully active. He also directed to pay special attention to contact tracing.

The Chief Minister said that vigilance is the only defense till an effective drug or vaccine is available for Corona.

He said that team-11 has given better results with complete coordination. The pace of work should be continued in the same manner.

He instructed the Integrated Command and Control Center (ICCC) to operate fully and said that the role of Integrated Command and Control Center is very important in preventing the spread of Covid-19.

He has also instructed to conduct medical testing of Covid-19 on random basis.