Scale up Covid tests, residents say as highrises turn hotspots

Noida | Friday | 16th April, 2021

Summary:

Noida: Highrises in sectors 76, 119, 120, including Prateek Wisteria, Gaur Grandeur, Prateek Laurel, and places like Arun Vihar (sectors 28, 29 and 37) have been reporting between 40 and 90 cases each for the past few days.

Residents have demanded that the places be sanitised and testing camps be held in areas with more cases.

The Jan Shakti Sewa Samiti, a residents’ body, has written to UP CM Yogi Adityanath requesting that all hospitals in Gautam Budh Nagar be brought directly under the district administration for better monitoring of the situation.

They have also suggested that community centres and clubs be used as testing facilities and for other related work.

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Noida: Highrises in sectors 76, 119, 120, including Prateek Wisteria, Gaur Grandeur, Prateek Laurel, and places like Arun Vihar (sectors 28, 29 and 37) have been reporting between 40 and 90 cases each for the past few days.

Residents have demanded that the places be sanitised and testing camps be held in areas with more cases.

The Jan Shakti Sewa Samiti, a residents’ body, has written to UP CM Yogi Adityanath requesting that all hospitals in Gautam Budh Nagar be brought directly under the district administration for better monitoring of the situation.

They have also suggested that community centres and clubs be used as testing facilities and for other related work.

In Noida Extension, the maximum number of active cases has been reported from Gaur City 2 (98).

Gaur City 1 has 54 cases and Ace City has about 80 Covid patients in home isolation.

In Noida, Prateek Wisteria Sector 76, has 104 patients and Prateek Laurel Sector 120, has 75 active cases.