Gautam Buddh Nagar

COVID-19: 1,500 teams for door-to-door screening in Noida

11:55 pm July 2, 2020

Noida: The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration on Thursday launched a 10-day surveillance campaign to strengthen coronavirus screening across Noida and Greater Noida with 1,500 health teams involved in it, officials said. Another 40 teams comprising physicians, nurses and lab technicians have been formed to carry out 4,000 tests per day, the officials said. Gautam Buddh Nagar’s nodal officer for COVID-19 response Narendra […]

COVID-19: Noida extends night curfew till April 30

Sec 144 extended till July 31 in Gautam Buddh Nagar

11:54 pm July 1, 2020

Noida: Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which bans unlawful assembly of people, was on Wednesday extended in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar district till July 31 in view of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to an official order. Section 144 of the CrPC has been renewed even in ‘Unlock 2’, the phased re-opening of activities that had been […]

‘Disappointed’ to find officials on leave when needed, Noida DM orders no holiday sans his nod

11:59 pm June 30, 2020

Noida: Disappointed to find staff unavailable when needed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration made it mandatory for officials to go on leave only with permission of the district magistrate, according to an order issued on Tuesday. Gautam Buddh Nagar has so far recorded 2,304 positive cases of coronavirus, the highest in the state, […]

Pregnant woman’s death: Chief medical supdt of Noida district hospital shifted

10:33 pm June 29, 2020

Noida: The chief medical superintendent of the Gautam Buddh Nagar district hospital was transferred to Ghaziabad on Monday, days after lapses were found on her part that led to the death of a pregnant woman without medical care, an order stated Doctor Vir Bahadur Dhaka will replace Vandana Sharma as the chief medical superintendent who has been sent to […]

Noida: 8,000 antigen-based test kits procured, focus on high-risk persons for COVID-19

11:07 pm June 25, 2020

Noida: The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has procured 8,000 antigen-based testing kits for COVID-19 and 7,000 more would be received soon, officials said on Thursday, stressing that focus is on identifying high risk persons in the district. District Magistrate Suhas L Y, in an open letter to residents, said Gautam Buddh Nagar has to tackle the […]