Lucknow, 22nd May 2021: State Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was on a visit to Etawah, made two big announcements. He said that before the third wave of COVID 19, all children under the age of ten years and their parents would be vaccinated in the state. Apart from this, separate vaccination centres will be set up in all districts for judicial officers, their families, and media persons. It has been started in Lucknow and Noida, vaccination is also being done in Allahabad High Court and Lucknow Bench.

The CM told the media that vaccination is being carried out on a large scale in the state. He displayed happiness over the vaccination of more than one lakh 20 thousand people in Etawah. He said, definitely the people of Etawah are aware and the administration has also enhanced the pace of vaccination.

300-beds in pediatric wards availed in medical colleges.

Regarding the preparations of the Medical University to deal with Corona, he said that along with completing all preparations before the arrival of the third wave; instructions have been given to make pediatric wards with the capacity of 300-beds in all the medical universities and colleges of the state. Apart from this, pediatric wards with a capacity of 25 will also be made in all district hospitals.

Big help to the poor

“Free distribution of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana has been started across the state from May 20 in collaboration with the Central Government. The state government, on its part, will provide free rations in the months of June-July and August to the street workers, trawlers, barber, cobblers, pulverized laborers, and daily wage earners, along with an allowance under the Poor Welfare Scheme, to achieve all of this large scale arrangements are being made.” said, CM Yogi. During the inspection of Saifai Medical University, the CM also inspected the 1000 lpm capacity oxygen plant being set up at the Trauma Center. He directed to start the Oxygen Plant at the earliest.