Published 16:17 IST, May 24th 2020
Akhilesh Yadav slams UP govt over ban on use of mobile phones in COVID-19 isolation wards
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday slammed Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government over banning the use of mobile phones in COVID-19 isolation wards.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday slammed Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government over banning the use of mobile phones in COVID-19 isolation wards. Taking to Twitter, he said that "If the infection spreads through mobile phones, along with isolation wards, it should be banned throughout the country. This is the one thing that gives a mental company." He further alleged that "In reality, the ban is imposed just because the hospital's misconduct and predicament should not reach the country. It is not needed to ban mobile phones, but sanitize them."
Amid rising Coronavirus cases, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday announced a ban on the use of mobile phones in the isolation wards. The notice said that the use of mobile phones by patients in the isolation wards of L-2 and L-3 Covis-19 hospitals is banned. It stated that the patients will now be required to submit their mobile phones to the ward in-charge of COVID care centres.
COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh
According to an official bulletin, three more persons died of COVID-19 while 288 more tested positive for the infection in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, raising the total fatalities due to the disease to 155 and total cases to 6,017 in the state. According to UP’s Joint Director-cum-State Surveillance Officer, Dr. Vikasendu Agrawal, for the state’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), one death each was reported from Firozabad, Aligarh, and Bulandshahr.
Agra is leading the death tally in the state with a total of 33 deaths till date, followed by 21 deaths in Meerut, 11 deaths each in Moradabad and Aligarh, nine in Kanpur Nagar, seven in Firozabad, besides other districts. Among the fresh infected cases reported on Saturday, 32 were from Jaunpur, 25 from Rampur, 18 from Sultanpur, 17 from Gautam Buddh Nagar, 16 from Meerut, 12 each from Ghaziabad and Varanasi, 11 from Lucknow and 10 from Hardoi. The count of active COVID-19 cases in the state stood at 2,456 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, according to the latest update from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has climbed to 1,31,868 including 73,560 active cases. While 3,867 deaths have been reported overall, around 54,440 people have been cured/discharged, and one person has been migrated.
Updated 16:17 IST, May 24th 2020