continues to be implemented with full vigor .
The RRT also educates people about the benefits of adhering to covid-appropriate behaviour . Symptomatic people are instructed about the quarantine and isolation protocol . The surveillance committee is also responsible for facilitating quarantine facilities in the schools , community centres and village health centres for all those who cannot afford home isolation . This micro-planning , door-todoor inspection and concurrent follow-up and monitoring strategy stands at the core of the Covid-19 resolution in the state . Integrated Command & Control Centres ( ICCC ) and covid helpdesks have been set-up in every district to provide free teleconsultation services to both covid and noncovid patients , cutting down the need for hospital visits .
While in the first wave the demand for Liquid Medical Oxygen ( LMO ) was restricted to 300 MT , it escalated to more than 1,000 MT a day in the second surge . The shortage was met by incoming oxygen express trains and tankers airlifted by the air force ; 20,000 oxygen concentrators were also provided for the same . The government decided to setup 300 permanent oxygen plants . Under the state ' s oxygen transport and tracking model , oxygen hubs have been established and a dashboard called ' OxyTracker ' has been developed which tracks the tankers on real-time basis , thereby increasing transparency and efficiency . A plan is in action for establishing a state-wide oxygen grid all the way from Saharanpur to Deoria .
Three large hospitals have been set-up — a 500-bed hospital in Shilpgram , a 750-bed Coviddedicated hospital in Varanasi and a 255-bed hospital in Lucknow ; the number of L2 and L3 beds have been increased to 80,000 . To reduce the response time in critical covid cases , 350 advanced life-support ambulances have been added to the transport fleet . District-wise , six oxygen plants are already functional and running in Ayodhya while 18 are in process ; in Aligarh , 161 ventilators , 246 oxygen concentrators and 85 ambulances were allocated to deal with the second covid surge . In Mathura district , 96 additional ventilators and 32 covid-dedicated ambulances were deployed .
Curbing vaccine hesitancy , the state has successfully vaccinated more than 1.80 crore people . Both Covishield and Covaxin are available in all 75 districts which in
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