Yogi praised by PM for measures to tackle COVID in UP

Thursday, 24 September 2020Newsdesk

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath came in for praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday for the measures taken by the Uttar Pradesh government to tackle COVID-19 and handling the migrants crisis, according to a statement.

New Delhi, 24 September 2020

As per news report of PTI, during his meeting with the chief ministers over video conference, the prime minister acknowledged the efforts of Adityanath and his team for taking "proactive steps" in reducing the coronavirus fatalities, it said. The statement said Modi singled out Uttar Pradesh for doing the most tests -- 1.50 lakh per day and having tested 90 lakh people so far, the highest in the country among all the states. Modi said the high tests by the state did manage to keep the coronavirus deaths to the "minimum", according to the statement.

Source -PTI