The Haryana authorities on Monday made the sporting of a face masks necessary in 4 districts falling within the National Capital area.
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij mentioned in view of the rise in Covid circumstances over the previous a couple of days in Gurugram, the sporting of a masks has been made obligatory there and three different districts of Faridabad, Sonipat and Jhajjar.
Of 234 circumstances reported in Haryana on Monday, 198 surfaced in Gurugram alone whereas 21 have been from Faridabad, he mentioned.
“But in more than half of the districts, cases are nil or very less,” Vij advised reporters right here.
Vij mentioned a group led by Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rajeev Arora has been requested to review why circumstances are rising in Gurugram. Its report is but to return, he mentioned.
“However, as a precautionary measure in the districts which lie close to the national capital, we have made the wearing of a mask compulsory,” he mentioned.
The sporting of masks will likely be necessary with instant impact. Those not sporting a masks will likely be fined, he mentioned.
“We are studying which areas in Gurugram are seeing a surge,” mentioned Vij whereas replying to a query.
To one other query, he mentioned some samples have been despatched to Rohtak to see which variant is in circulation in Gurugram.
He mentioned the Health Department is absolutely ready to deal with any state of affairs.
“We are ready, our staff is ready, we have adequate beds, equipment, oxygen,” he mentioned.
The resolution by the Haryana authorities has come on the day Uttar Pradesh made it obligatory for folks to put on a face masks in public locations in Lucknow and 6 NCR districts.
The districts the place the sporting of a masks has been made necessary by the UP authorities are Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Meerut, Bulandshahr and Baghpat.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”