UP govt to vaccinate parents of children below 10 yrs, strengthen pediatric care before third wave: Report

"Before the third wave of corona arrives, we are making arrangements to provide protection to the parents of all children under 10 years of age by giving them vaccine doses," ANI quoted Adityanath as saying during a press conference in Kanpur.

Currently, immunisation of judicial officers, staffers and their families is underway at Lucknow bench of the High Court and Allahabad High Court, Adityanath said, the report added.

The government in Uttar Pradesh is aiming to expedite the vaccination process in June, he said.

He added that inoculation of media professionals has been launched in the current phase when the government began vaccination for the age group of 18-44 years on May 1.

The chief minister said the next step is to create separate centres for judicial officers and media personnel in every district, the ANI report stated.

Uttar Pradesh government is preparing to battle the third wave while fighting the second wave, he said.

The chief minister said he has directed all the officials to reconstruct, renovate, provide all modern types of equipment and restart a municipal corporation hospital for children, which has been closed for past years, the ANI report stated.

The preparations include 100-ICU pediatric beds, 100 bed for (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) NICU with oxygen in every medical college. Further, 20-25 NICU bed in district hospitals and some CSC (Common Service Centre) in rural regions have also been directed to start preparing for the third wave, it added.

He said the government aims to control second wave by May 30 and urged the people to adhere to the Covid appropriate behaviour to help achieve the target.