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Keeping an eye on the rising cases of Coronavirus of those Haryana districts adjacent to Delhi, State's Home Minister Anil Vij issued a fresh order of sealing the borders with New Delhi.
This is done to make the movement of people across the border without valid permission tougher. The order came just before the ending of Lockdown 4.0.
“I have again issued orders today that in the districts adjoining Delhi, no leniency should be shown. Eighty percent of our coronavirus cases are from the districts adjoining Delhi. Therefore, we are maintaining strictness on our borders with the national capital and keeping these sealed," the minister said.
He, however, in an order said barring the categories exempted by the Delhi High Court and the Centre, the state borders for others will remain completely sealed.
“The districts bordering Delhi are witnessing a sharp increase in the number of cases, which is a matter of concern," Vij, who is also the state health minister, told reporters in Ambala.
He cited the movement of people into the districts bordering the national capital as the reason behind the surge in cases.
Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat, and Jhajjar are the four worst-hit districts accounting for a majority of 1,504 infection cases in the state.
Faridabad has reported the maximum seven fatalities in the state followed by three in Gurgaon and one in Sonipat, according to a state health bulletin.
On Thursday, Gurgaon reported 68 fresh cases followed by 18 in Faridabad and four in Sonipat.
The total cases in Gurgaon are 405, Faridabad 276, Sonipat 180, and Jhajjar 97, as per the bulletin.
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