Lucknow. Terming the new form of COVID Omicron as just a ‘common viral fever’ (fever), Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the virus has now weakened but still alert. It is necessary to do “It is true that Omicron spreads rapidly but it is also true that the Omicron form is much weaker than the second wave,” the Chief Minister told reporters after inspecting the vaccination program of people in the age group of 15 to 18 years in the capital Lucknow. .
This is just a common viral fever. But vigilance and caution are necessary in any disease. There is no need to panic.” He said that in March-April last year, people affected by the delta form of COVID took 15 to 25 days to recover and even after recovery, they had a lot of problems “but in the case of Omicron so far this is not the case. And the virus has weakened now but still those who already have many diseases need to be very cautious in this regard.
The government has implemented the system of night curfew in view of vigilance. Yogi said, “So far only eight cases of Omicron have been reported in the state, out of which three have already been cured. The rest are in home isolation.” Referring to the vaccination program for the age group of 15 to 18 in the state starting from today, the Chief Minister said that under this campaign, about one crore 40 lakh people would be vaccinated in the state, for which 2150 booths have been set up in the state.
39 such centers have been set up in the capital Lucknow itself. He said that if we talk about the age group above 18 in the state, then more than 20 crore 25 lakh people have been vaccinated so far. Out of these, 12 crore 84 lakh 94 thousand 516 people have taken the first dose of vaccine while seven crore 40 lakh 93 thousand 819 people have taken both the doses.