New Delhi: Amid the sudden increase in coronavirus cases, people coming from Delhi to Faridabad and Gurugram will be randomly screened for COVID-19, the administration reportedly decided on Friday. If the reports are to be believed, random sampling on the Noida lines will begin at the Faridabad-Delhi border starting at 2pm today. Also read: smart watches could help detect Covid-19 before symptoms appear: study
Speaking to a portal, officials said the health department will conduct the random sampling in Gurugram at the Kherkidoula tollbooth, Sadar Bazar, shopping malls, bus stop and government offices. Also read: amid a surge in coronavirus cases, schools in Haryana will remain closed until November 30
Notably, Delhi has recorded more than a lakh of new coronavirus cases and around 1,200 deaths between November 1 and November 16, while nearly 94,000 patients recovered during the same period, according to official data. Also Read: Amid Rise in COVID Cases, Government May Send More Core Teams to Other States
The national capital has witnessed a surge in COVID-19 cases since October 28, when the daily increase surpassed the 5,000 mark for the first time and surpassed the 8,000 mark on November 11.
Earlier, the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration in Uttar Pradesh had decided to randomly check people who came from the national capital for the deadly virus.
The decision to randomly sample the Delhi-Noida border came after an online meeting of senior health and administration department officials with District Magistrate Suhas LY on Tuesday amid a surge in COVID cases. -19 in Delhi. The district magistrate, however, had clarified that there will be no restrictions on the free movement of people between Noida and Delhi.
“In view of the increase in coronavirus cases in Delhi, the district magistrate has ordered officials to form teams that would be deployed to the Noida-Delhi borders in DND and Chilla to randomly check people coming from the capital. national looking for infection, “he had said.
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