Noida starts random tests at borders

  • | Friday | 26th March, 2021

Noida: The health department on Thursday started random Covid testing at a few spots along the border with Delhi.Officials said while 137 people were tested near the Botanical Garden metro station, 65 travellers underwent rapid antigen tests near the Mother Dairy outlet at Ashok Nagar. No one was found to have Covid. Officials said the random testing would continue for a few days more to ascertain if cases in the city were increasing because of people travelling in from other states.

Noida: The health department on Thursday started random Covid testing at a few spots along the border with Delhi.
Officials said while 137 people were tested near the Botanical Garden metro station, 65 travellers underwent rapid antigen tests near the Mother Dairy outlet at Ashok Nagar. No one was found to have Covid. Officials said the random testing would continue for a few days more to ascertain if cases in the city were increasing because of people travelling in from other states.

The UP government has already asked the district authorities to increase testing, especially at entry points from other states. “Antigen tests were done on Thursday as they require fewer formalities and give instant results. There were no positive cases,” said a senior health official. He added that testing at Botanical Garden would be done on Friday as well as there are several cab drivers at the spot who travel between cities. Meanwhile, people entering through the Chilla border might also be tested on Friday.

District magistrate Suhas LY said testing was being increased at all catchment areas, including villages bordering Delhi, where cases have been increasing by leaps and bounds. Noida is currently conducting over 3,000 tests daily. Meanwhile, in Gurgaon, health officials said they would conductrapid antigen tests at malls and the city’s borders with Delhi and Faridabad.Anyone can get tested at the border checkpoints voluntarily, they added.


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