Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath Gets Vaccinated As The State Announces New Covid Guidelines

COVID-19 Vaccination in UP: As the country battles the second wave of Coronavirus, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth took the first dose of Coronavirus vaccine on Monday morning.

CM Yogi Adityanath gets vaccinated (Image: ANI)

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took the first jab of Coronavirus vaccine on Monday as India recorded more than 1 lakh cases in the country. 

After taking the first dose of the vaccine, CM Yogi Adityanath said," I thank PM & Union Health Ministry for making the vaccine available free of cost. I also thank the scientists of the country. The vaccine is completely safe. We all should take it when our turn comes."

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday came out with a number of fresh restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19, which has seen a country-wide surge in the recent past. According to the new guidelines, if a single case of coronavirus is reported, then that particular area will be declared a containment zone and twenty houses will be sealed. For more than 1 patient, sixty houses will be sealed.

The movement will be restricted for 14 days in containment zones, and a surveillance team will keep an eye.

"Rules vary for multi-storey buildings. On the report of 1 positive patient, the respective floor will be sealed. In case of more than 1 patient, the related block of the housing group to be sealed. Containment zone to be unlocked after no COVID positive case," it further said.

Earlier, the Yogi Adityanath government closed all government and private schools in Uttar Pradesh for students of classes 1 to 8 till April 11 in wake of the alarming rise in coronavirus cases across the country.