Lucknow: slamming at Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and Ex-chief minister Mayawati on Thursday said people are falling prey to the dengue outbreak due to lack of facilities at government hospitals. Terming the situation "highly worrisome", Mayawati urged the BJP-led state government to pay attention to the matter.

The state's Firozabad district has been battling an outbreak of dengue and deadly viral fever for the past over a fortnight, leaving 55 people dead. Some cases have been found in neighboring Mathura, Agra and Mainpuri as well.

Sharing post on Twitter handing, Mayawati wrote in Hindi, which roughly translated read as follows:   "In the midst of the corona pandemic in UP, the outbreak of dengue and other mysterious fever has engulfed almost the entire state at a very fast pace. Due to lack of proper arrangements in government hospitals, many patients are dying which is a matter of concern".

Mayawati's comments came as Uttar Pradesh is seeing cases of Dengue fever amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Over 30 cases of dengue have been reported in Meerut so far, officials said on Wednesday. Amid the COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, the surge in viral fever cases was also reported amongst children in various hospitals of Lucknow.

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