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After Supreme Court order, administration focuses on

containment zones in Vaishali, Khoda and Loni
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  A day after the Supreme Court directed the Ghaziabad district magistrate to ensure that
national guidelines are followed with regard to the creation of containment zones, in
 
connection with a petition led by a Vaishali resident, the administration of cials said that the
  sector scheme will continue in Khoda, Vaishali and Loni.
 
The petition had challenged the sealing of Gateway Towers and the implementation of the
administration’s sector scheme in Vaishali. Petitioner Mohammad Faizul Khan, a resident of
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“The directions of the court will be complied with. The sector scheme is a process or procedure
through which the containment exercise is implemented by roping in a team of magistrates,
medical staff and the police, etc. We will be taking into consideration the containment zones in
each of the localities,” Ajay Shankar Pandey, district magistrate, said. latest news

“If we go by the containment zones norms, a majority of the areas in the three localities will be Uttar Pradesh sees
highest single-day spike
covered. More containment zones will be chalked out in the future due to the rise in the Covid- in Covid-19 tally with 604
cases
19 cases,” he added.

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According to the latest list of containment zones available with the health department till June
Rajinikanth, Chennai
9, the Ghaziabad district has a total of 217 containment zones, with 188 under category-1 and police conduct search
operation
29 under category-2.
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Category-1 containment zones comprise those areas which have a single Covid-19 case and the stressed, trying to engage
some by working with
area of containment zone has a radius of 250 metres or covers the entire mohalla, whichever is
them
less.
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Category-2 containment zones comprise areas with more than one case, covering a radius of clicking pictures of
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500 metres and an additional 250 metres as a buffer. Mumbai

“If we add up the areas covered by the different containment zones, a majority of Vaishali,
Khoda and Loni will be included. Even if a particular area is not declared a containment zone
and its residents move out, they will have to pass through the radius area of a containment
zone nearby. So, their movement will be restricted,” an of cer from the district health
department said on condition of anonymity.

According to of cials, a containment zone will be scrapped within 14 to 21 days in case no

more cases emerge from there. The administration had implemented the sector scheme in
wake of the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Khoda, Vaishali and Loni.

According to the list of containment zones, Vaishali has 13 zones under category-1 and three india news
under category-2. Khoda comprises 30 different category-1 zones and two category-2 zones.
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Loni has eight category-1 zones and ve category-2 containment zones. Galwan Valley clash, says
Indian Army
The sector scheme was implemented in Khoda, Loni and Vaishali on May 10, May 27 and June,
respectively. Lately, however, the administration has relaxed some restrictions in Vaishali and
Khoda—markets have been allowed to open up.

“The worst part about the sector scheme is the restriction on the movement of Vaishali
residents towards Delhi. After the Supreme Court order, the administration might release a
revised order. Once they roll out the revised directions, we will decide upon the future course
of action,” said Mohammad Faizul Khan, the petitioner in the case.

The of cials of the health department said that two engineers on Saturday have been roped in
and will submit a report to the district magistrate.

“The engineers will take stock of the containment zones based on active cases and other
parameters and will submit a report to the district magistrate. Their report will determine how
much of localities such as Vaishali and Khoda can be placed under containment,” said another
of cer from the health department on condition of anonymity.

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Uttar Pradesh sees highest single-day spike in Covid-

19 tally with 604 cases
The previous highest single-day spike in cases was on Wednesday when the state recorded 583 cases. Of the total infected people,
9,638 people have been discharged from hospitals after recovery.

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The previous highest single-day spike in cases was on Wednesday when the state recorded 583
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cases. Of the total infected people, 9,638 people have been discharged from hospitals after
 
recovery. There number of active cases in the state stands at 5,659 , Principal Secretary Bomb threat to
Rajinikanth, Chennai
(Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said. police conduct search
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He said 16,546 tests were done on Wednesday. On an average, over 16,000 tests are being done
in Uttar Pradesh everyday, Prasad said.The of cer also said that the health department has Raftaar: Kids too are
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started random sampling.“We have selected 72 districts where migrants have come and 1,682 some by working with
them
samples were collected from there, and none of them were found positive,” he said.

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The principal secretary said in the days to come, people working in medicine shops and dhabas
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and those involved in home delivery services will be randomly tested.Prasad appealed to the illegally parked car near
Mumbai
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machines are being purchased using the Chief Minister’s Covid Relief Fund, Additional Chief with schizophrenia 170
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Secretary, Information, Awanish Kumar Awasthi said.

He said the health department and medical colleges have been asked to send Covid-19 reports
in time and ensure there is no backlog. “The CM has directed (of cials) to create a permanent
structure for testing,” he said.

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