1000 member housing society lockdown in Noida after resident tested positive for coronavirus

A residential complex in Noida has been locked down for two days after one of the residents tested positive for coronavirus the total number of cases in the city to five. Thousands live in the society in Sector-74. The lockdown began at 10 am today. It will continue till 7 am on Monday for sanitisation, said officials. 

No one will be allowed to go out or come in the apartment complex till Monday.During this period nobody would be allowed to get in or go out of the society except only in very essential cases. Everybody is requested to stay indoors," Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate BN Singh said in an order. 

"In order to break the chain of transmission of the disease the entire compound of the housing society was needed to be locked down on a temporary basis," it read. Malls, schools, public places are being temporarily shut across the country to curb the spread of the illness. In Noida, large gatherings are banned, malls and spa centres have been closed. Meanwhile, the number of cases all over India has touched 275 with 5 confirmed deaths.