Agra DM concedes shocking video of food scramble & apathy amid Covid lockdown; assures fix

Uttar Presh ministration on Sunday said that it has held "inspection" and taken "corrective measures" after a couple of mobile videos surfaced online that showed people at a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Agra scrambling for essentials like tea, biscuits and water from behind locked gates of facility.

'Top officials have been asked to fix problem'

Speaking to ANI, Prabhu N Singh, District Magistrate of Agra said, " top officials of team have been asked to look into matter and fix responsibilities. team has been directed to identify loopholes and be more careful in rendering services at coronavirus quarantine centre."

In one of two videos, a man in protective gear is seen throwing biscuit packets close to gate and people from or side stretch ir hands to try and get m. In video, social distancing which is essential in quarantine centres can be seen going for a toss as people crowd gate to collect biscuit packets and mineral water bottles. 

Coronavirus in Uttar Presh

With three COVID-19 deaths reported on Sunday, death toll due to disease climbed to 30 in Uttar Presh, officials said. Of three fresh deaths, two were reported from Agra while one was from Meerut, Dr Vikasendu Agrawal, Joint Director and State Surveillance Officer, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), said in a statement issued in Luckw.

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Agra has accounted for 10 COVID-19 deaths, Morab six, Meerut five, Kanpur three and Basti, Varanasi, Bulandshahr, Luckw, Firozab and Aligarh have reported a fatality each.

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On Sunday, 80 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported from state, with Kanpur Nagar and Saharanpur recording 21 cases each, followed by 11 in Varanasi. So far, 1,873 coronavirus cases have been reported from 58 of 75 districts in Uttar Presh. As many as 327 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals, including 66 on Sunday, Agarwal said. count of active cases in state stands at 1,516, he ded.

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(With ncy inputs)