According to the Union Health Ministry, Uttar Pradesh is among the ten states that reported 73.71 per cent of the new cases in the country. Uttar Pradesh is among the ten states cumulatively accounting for 78.22 per cent of India's total active cases, as per the ministry. According to the data provided by the Union Health Ministry, Uttar Pradesh is among the ten states that account for 76.75 per cent of the new deaths in the country.
Amid the rising covid cases in the state, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to collaborate with technical institutes, including the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, to explore possibility of converting nitrogen into oxygen.
Various states in the country are facing shortage of oxygen amid the second wave of COVID-19. “The CM on Saturday said, the government should explore all possibilities of raising oxygen supply and look for alternatives. Officials should get in touch with experts from IIT Kanpur and other technical institutes and look at the possibility of converting nitrogen to oxygen,” said a government spokesperson.
Yogi's demand to explore possibility of converting nitrogen into oxygen didn't go down well with netizens and they took to Twitter to share their views on the statement released by the government spokesperson.Check out their reactions: