Noida/Ghaziabad: Amidst concerns omicron version of Kovid, 3,187 to GB Municipal Administration. assigned a list of passengersThose who have arrived in the district from abroad since November 21.
However, the administration has so far tested around 90 of them. In Ghaziabad too, out of the total 2,362 passengers, only 367 have been tested.
On Wednesday, GB Nagar officials blamed the slow pace of testing on several foreign returnees, who are reluctant to undergo tests. “As per the guidelines of the Government, covid test The return of travelers from ‘at risk’ countries is to be done on the eighth day, but we have recently received orders from the Lucknow headquarters to test all passengers once they complete their mandatory seven-day quarantine. However, we are facing opposition from many people who are not ready for COVID testing. We are trying to advise them,” said Chief Medical Officer Dr Sunil Kumar Sharma. “Besides, many passengers are yet to be traced,” the CMO said.
Official data shows that over 6,350 passengers have arrived in six districts of Meerut division, with the maximum number of passengers having addresses from GB Nagar. Of them, 926 have been tested so far. However, Meerut has tested 372 out of 670 passengers in the list provided by the airport authority. Meanwhile, Ghaziabad health officials said they are following a plan to test every passenger irrespective of the country of their travel from day one.
However, the administration has so far tested around 90 of them. In Ghaziabad too, out of the total 2,362 passengers, only 367 have been tested.
On Wednesday, GB Nagar officials blamed the slow pace of testing on several foreign returnees, who are reluctant to undergo tests. “As per the guidelines of the Government, covid test The return of travelers from ‘at risk’ countries is to be done on the eighth day, but we have recently received orders from the Lucknow headquarters to test all passengers once they complete their mandatory seven-day quarantine. However, we are facing opposition from many people who are not ready for COVID testing. We are trying to advise them,” said Chief Medical Officer Dr Sunil Kumar Sharma. “Besides, many passengers are yet to be traced,” the CMO said.
Official data shows that over 6,350 passengers have arrived in six districts of Meerut division, with the maximum number of passengers having addresses from GB Nagar. Of them, 926 have been tested so far. However, Meerut has tested 372 out of 670 passengers in the list provided by the airport authority. Meanwhile, Ghaziabad health officials said they are following a plan to test every passenger irrespective of the country of their travel from day one.
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