Adityanath directs officials to encourage use of plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients

Uttar Presh Chief Minister Yogi ityanath on Tuesday directed officials to encour use of plasma rapy for treatment of coronavirus infected people and to increase testing capacity.

Holding a review meeting with senior officials of state, chief minister asked m to make pool testing arrangements in all labs with proper training as per protocol for those taking samples, an official release said.

He also asked m to deliberate on opting for a world- class techlogy for increasing testing capacity, release said.

ityanath asked for geo-tagging shelter homes and making oxygen available in all hospitals while increasing number of beds for patients.

He directed officials to prepare a work plan suggesting ways and means to restart industrial units after May 3 and also a workplan for giving employment to migrant labourers.

Stressing on strict implemention of lockdown, chief minister said emphasis should be on social distancing and continued patrolling by police.

He said that it needs to be ensured that only those linked to medical, sanitation and home delivery are allowed in hotspot areas and all houses re are sanitized, release said.

Directing for proper medical examination of students returning to ir homes from Allahab, chief minister also issued directions for deploying senior officers from ministration, police and health department in Varanasi, Hapur , Rampur , Muzaffarnagar and Aligarh districts.

He said that arrangements should be me in every district for quarantine centres and shelter homes with a capacity of 15,000 to 25,000 and all those completing 14 days institutional quarantine in shelter homes should be medically examined and sent for home quarantine.

He called for pool testing and random testing and asked district magistrate, chief medical officers to personally inspect L1, L2, L3 COVID hospitals, shelter homes and quarantine centres besides keeping an eye on food and lodging facilities re.

Referring to problem of feeding stray cattle, chief minister asked for establishing a 'bhusa bank' (fodder) for m, release ded.