New Covid curbs in UP: Government and private employees to work at 50 per cent capacity

Lucknow, Jan 10: In the wake of rising cases of Covid, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday restricted attendance of employees in government and private offices at 50 per cent.

If anyone from a private office tests positive for coronavirus, he or she should be given seven days leave with salary, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the officials.

• The Yogi government has directed officials to implement 50 per cent attendance of employees, except for essential services departments, in both government and private offices.
• Covid help desks should be established in all the offices and no one should be given entry without screening.
• In both government and private hospitals, work from home should be encouraged.
• In hospitals, online appointment should be given for OPD and patients should be called in hospitals in special cases.
• Tele-consultation should be encouraged.
• Efforts should be made to achieve 100 per cent vaccination keeping in mind assembly polls beginning next month.
• In districts, which are going to polls everyone should be vaccinated 10 days in advance and a plan in this regard should be chalked out immediately.

Uttar Pradesh has a total 33,946 active cases of coronavirus in the state of which 33,563 are in home isolation.