Coronavirus: UP reserves 820 isolation beds for travellers from China

All state medical colleges asked to be in state of readiness

Uttar Pradesh government has reserved 820 isolation beds across the state for travellers returning from China in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Apart from this, all the medical colleges in UP have been asked to be in a state of readiness, including stocking up for adequate infection prevention logistics for travellers and the hospital staff.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the menace as epidemic affecting 29 countries as International Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) under IHR (International Health Regulation).

In this context, the UP government has been strengthening surveillance and control measures against the disease.

To date, more than