New Delhi:  With the launch of a state-wide special communicable disease control campaign that will continue till July 31, the Uttar Pradesh government is gearing up to deal with the possible third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of this campaign, the government will sensitize people regarding infectious diseases and create awareness about various preventive measures.

The government has said it will provide free medicine kits for children for the treatment of various diseases including COVID-19. It claimed that the kits will be given to more than 50 lakh children. Besides, the government’s ‘Dastak’ campaign will run from July 12 to 25 to control meningitis. In this campaign, monitoring committees will go from door to door to assist the front-line workers ASHA and Anganwadi workers. 71 lakh medical kits will be given to adults free of cost, it added.

Urban development, Panchayati Raj and village development, animal husbandry, education, agriculture, empowerment of persons with disabilities, irrigation, information and public relations departments, medical and health and medical education departments will prepare a special action plan for the one month campaign.

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