UP Govt’s Lie About No COVID-19 Spread In Villages Deadly: Akhilesh Yadav

Mumbai: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said on the ‘lie’ of the Uttar Pradesh government that no COVID-19 spread in villages is proving to be “very deadly” for rural areas.

He claimed that there was a shortage of fever medicines in the villages, let alone oxygen and a hospital bed.

“The spread of coronavirus in villages is a matter of great concern. When there is a shortage of fever medicines in villages and tehsils, we cannot expect the availability of oxygen, beds or vaccines,” Akhilesh said in a tweet in Hindi.

“The BJP government’s lie that there is no coronavirus in villages is proving very deadly for the rural areas,” he said.

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed the officials to start testing COVID-19 on a large scale in rural areas from May 5 in view of the increasing cases in the villages after the recently concluded panchayat elections.

For days now, Uttar Pradesh has figured among the 10 biggest contributors to India’s COVID-19 tally. According to an official statement, the state recorded 29,192 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday that pushed its tally to 13,42,413 while 288 more fatalities took the death toll to 13,447.

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