The increase in coronavirus cases in Delhi has been recorded since October 28.
Gurgaon:
After Noida, authorities in Gurgaon and Faridabad began random testing of people entering the city from Delhi, which is struggling with the worst phase of the COVID-19 pandemic so far, with cases and deaths reaching record levels.
Travelers are being randomly screened across the Delhi-Gurgaon borders and the administration says the exercise will help them identify the areas that are hit the hardest. So far they have examined more than 400 people at the border and have found three positive cases.
“We have set up six camps on the Gurgaon borders for random sampling. No one is being forced. Shopping malls, markets, bus drivers and drivers are also being covered. The aim is to identify infected people as soon as possible so that the virus is not spreading, “Dr. Virender Yadav, Gurgaon’s chief medical officer, told NDTV.
Noida authorities had started random testing of people coming from Delhi at the borders of the two cities on Wednesday amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the national capital.
The positivity rate among people randomly tested for COVID-19 at the Delhi border of Gautam Buddh Nagar was higher than in non-border areas of the district on Thursday, according to officials.
Delhi has been grappling with a surge in coronavirus cases that have skyrocketed past the 5 lakh mark with more than 100 deaths a day, while also battling horrific levels of air pollution that experts believe causes. COVID-19 is more deadly.
This week, the city of 2 million people quadrupled fines for not wearing a mask, violating social distancing rules or spitting in public at 2,000 rupees at a time when hospitals were running out of beds.
Pressed to control the new wave, Kejriwal announced the addition of 1,400 intensive care beds and asked the central government for powers to shut down markets that become hotspots.
India has seen a drop in daily cases over the past month, but it still records around 45,000 new infections on average every day.
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