Lucknow, Jul 16 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to make an announcement of Rs 1 crore and a job for the family of COVID warriors who died in the line of duty.

He said his party salutes their service to the nation.

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"The state government should immediately make policy announcement of Rs 1 crore and a job for the family of corona warriors, who are saving people from coronavirus and putting their lives in danger. Samajwadi Party salutes service of corona warriors," Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi.

Uttar Pradesh has reported record 34 COVID-19 deaths and highest single-day spike of 2,061 cases, taking the toll to 1,046 and the number of cases to 43,444.  

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