New Delhi: In the middle of a signal of a fourth covid wave, More than 100 were punished in Noida and Greater Noida for not wearing masks. To protect the people from covid-19, the government has made masks compulsory in the city.
According to the local police, Over a hundred persons were fined in Noida and Greater Noida on Friday for not wearing face masks in crowded locations. The challans were issued to these people on Thursday during police checks in overcrowded places including marketplaces, metro stations, and retail complexes in the Gautam Budd Nagar district.
Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar on Friday (April 22, 2022) recorded 107 new Covid-19 cases, and the number of active infections in the district crossed the 500-mark.
Meanwhile, the Yogi Adityanath-led government has urged residents to contact helpline number 1800492211 for any immediate coronavirus-related assistance.
India recorded 2,527 new Covid-19 cases, 33 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total death toll to 5,22,149, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday (April 23, 2022). The active cases stand at 15,079. An increase of 838 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
(Smit Soni)