Lucknow: As India witnessed a sudden surge in the COVID-19 cases, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday put all the National Capital Region (NCR) districts on alert mode.
Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar have recently seen a surge in the case making it a matter of concern.
A statement by the UP Government read that directions to this effect were given by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while chairing a meeting on COVID-19 management in the state.
The CM in the meeting observed the issue of rising COVID-19 in neighbouring areas of UP and its impact on the NCR districts.
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“He asked officials to put all the NCR districts on alert mode”, it said.
He further directed genome sequencing of samples from COVID-19 patients.
The statement added that Gautam Buddh Nagar reported 70 COVID-19 cases and Ghaziabad 11 on Saturday.
Yogi Adityanath has asked the officials to ramp up the administration of the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines to all adults.
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Booster doses are being administered at 700 private vaccination centres in Uttar Pradesh.