Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Friday targeted the Uttar Pradesh authorities over deaths related to the suspected viral fever and dengue withinside the state. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi stated the authorities should use all viable assets to deal with the affected people on a war footing and right now focus on stopping the ailment from spreading.
Quoting a media report, the Congress leader condoled the deaths due to the viral fever and said, “Has the UP government not learnt any lessons from the horrific consequences of its disastrous Covid-19 management in the second wave?”
According to the government, the death toll due to viral fever and dengue in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district has climbed to 50. The deceased also consist of children. “So far, 50 people have died because of dengue. Ten areas -- 9 blocks and a Nagar Nigam area -- withinside the district are affected,” Dr Dinesh Kumar Premi, the newly appointed leader clinical officer (CMO) of Firozabad, stated in a statement on Friday. Premi was selected as Firozabad's CMO after chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday ordered the removal of Dr Neeta Kulshreshta.