A few days ago, WHO praised UP for dealing Covid19 cases, especially in rural areas. WHO said that the large-scale testing and extensive contact tracing by the UP govt in rural areas prevented the cases from exploding in the villages of UP, which is highly populated.
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Yesterday, UP conducted close to 3 lakh tests in a single day and there were about 10,000 new cases. This means that the positivity rate of Uttar Pradesh is just 3.8%, close to the recommended 3-5% by WHO. On the other hand, the national test positivity rate is > 15%.
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Unfortunately, these are the news which you won't hear. While PR machinery and darbari media would tirelessly sing praises of Maharashtra (which has remained the worst effected state ever since the pandemic), there would be pin-drop silence over work done by the UP government.
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