Uttar Pradesh in ‘Covid safe zone’, ready for third wave, says chief minister Yogi Adityanath

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday declared Uttar Pradesh had moved into a Covid ‘safe zone’, while reviewing pandemic preparedness in Deoria and Kushinagar districts. The chief minister said, the state proved naysayers wrong about a galloping infection rate in the second wave, saying the state managed to “successfully blunt” the surge through trace, test and treat method.