UP govt to provide basic coronavirus medical training to public

Meanwhile, three new districts - Mau, Etah and Sultanpur, have joined the league of UP districts reporting coronavirus cases

With the number of coronavirus patients identified in Uttar Pradesh touching 1,176, the state has decided to provide primary medical care training to people for protection against the disease.

Chairing a review meeting in Lucknow, the chief minister instructed officials to prepare an action plan under which “master trainers” would be deployed to give rudimentary medical care training to the general public.

Of the 1,176 cases across 52 districts in UP, 129 have been discharged, while 17 persons died, thus leaving 1,030 active cases in the state, UP medical, health and family welfare principal secretary Amit Mohan Prasad said here