With a surge in Covid-19 cases in Delhi, the Uttar Pradesh Government has put the National Capital Region (NCR) districts on high alert as 70 Novel Coronavirus positive cases were reported from Gautam Buddha Nagar and 11 from Ghaziabad in the last 24 hours.

During a review of the Covid-19 situation in the State, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that genome sequencing should be done by taking samples of people found to be coronavirus positive in Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad.

“The situation should be thoroughly reviewed by talking to the District Magistrates and the Chief Medical Officers of these districts,” Yogi said here on Saturday. At present, there are 507 active Covid-19 cases in the State. In the last 24 hours, 73,881 Covid tests were conducted in which 106 new Coronavirus infected people were detected. In the same period, 37 Covid-19 patients recovered.

“The all-important Covid vaccination campaign is continuing successfully. With more than 30.56 million Covid vaccinations so far, 86 per cent of the adult population have received both the doses. The progress of immunisation in the 12-14 and 15-17 age groups is satisfactory,” Yogi said and added that the vaccination campaign should be accelerated. He said the work of giving booster doses to people aged 18+ was expected to be expedited. Booster doses can be administered at 700 private immunisation centres. The general public should be made aware of the importance of these vaccination centres and booster doses, Yogi said.  “It should be ensured that not a single citizen is deprived of the vaccine,” he added.