livemint.com
68%
563
UP covid situation: Govt must take concrete steps, be sensitive rather than aggressive, says Priyanka Gandhi
NEW DELHI : Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday flagged the "deteriorating" COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh and said the state government should try to solve the problems being faced by the people instead of "exacerbating" them and "hiding" statistics.Uttar Pradesh's daily COVID-19 cases surged to a record high of 27,426 on Friday, taking the state's cumulative tally to 7,93,720.In a video message posted on her Twitter account, Priyanka Gandhi said the situation in Uttar Pradesh due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic is "deteriorating".Reports are coming in from all over about lack of beds, oxygen and medicines, she said."It is the duty of the Uttar Pradesh government that instead of exacerbating the