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  • Nagaland reports 15 fresh coronavirus cases, tally at 31,894

    By PTI

    KOHIMA: Nagaland on Thursday reported 15 new COVID-19 cases, four more than the previous day, pushing the total infection count to 31,894, a health department official said.

    As many as 15 people have been cured of the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,966.

    The COVID-19 recovery rate is now 93.95 per cent, the official said.

    The death toll remained unchanged at 687 as no fresh coronavirus fatality was reported during the day.

    The active cases of coronavirus infections remained at 195 for the second day in a row.

    Of the new cases, 13 were reported from Dimapur and one each from Kohima and Mokokchung districts. As many as 1,046 coronavirus patients have migrated to other states.

    A total of 3,97,929 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state thus far.

    State Immunisation Officer Dr.Ritu Thurr said a total of 12,14,406 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to 7,13,252 people till Wednesday.

  • Nagaland announces seven-day Unlock 2 from July 11

    By PTI
    KOHIMA: The Nagaland government on Thursday announced the second phase of unlock for seven days from July 11, government spokesperson Neiba Kronu said.

    Before this, Unlock 1 was initiated in the northeastern state for 10 days from July 1.

    A meeting of the High Powered Committee (HPC) for COVID-19 headed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Thursday decided to begin Unlock-2 with further relaxations, Kronu, who is also the Minister for Planning and Coordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, said.

    The HPC decided to relax shopping hours from 6 am to 4 pm, he said.

    Sports activities would also be allowed with a gathering of up to 100 people.

    A COVID-19 negative report has been made mandatory for persons entering the state.

    The test should be conducted not before 72 hours of entry.

    HPC co-spokesperson and advisor Mmhonlumo Kikon said that the meeting also decided to permit stoppage of select trains at Dimapur, the only train station of the state, from July 11 by adhering to strict standard operating procedures (SOPs).

    The HPC also reviewed the states preparedness for a possible third wave of the pandemic.

    Meanwhile, 105 more people recuperated from the infection, and 64 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, increasing the tally to 25,727, a health official said.

    “64 positive cases detected today are Kohima: 21, Mokokchung: 18, Dimapur: 12, Mon: 5, Person: 3, Longleng: 2, Wokha, Tuensang & Zunheboto: 1,” said State Nodal Officer for Integrated Disease Surveillance Project, Dr.Nyanthung Kikon in the daily COVID-19 bulletin.

    He also said that 105 positive patients Tuensang: 36, Kohima: 35, Mokokchung: 21, Dimapur: 19, Peren:6, Mon: 5, and Phek 3 recovered during the day increasing the number of recovered patients to 23,501.

    This has taken the recovery rate to 91.35 per cent from 91.08 per cent on Wednesday.

    With no fresh fatality, the coronavirus death toll in the state remained unchanged at 505, he said.

    At present there are 1,004 active cases in Nagaland and altogether 717 COVID-19 patients have migrated to other states, he said.

    So far, a total of 2,35,080 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in Nagaland, Dr.Kikon said.

    A total of 5,75,023 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to 4,93,685 people, of whom 81,338 received both doses, said State Immunisation Officer Dr.Ritu Thurr.

  • Nagaland extends lockdown till June 11 as COVID cases spike

    By PTI
    KOHIMA: The Nagaland government on Friday extended the total lockdown in the state till June 11.

    The lockdown, first imposed on May 14 for seven days, was earlier extended till May 31.

    The decision to further extend the lockdown till June 11 was taken by the High Powered Committee (HPC) on COVID-19, headed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio.

    In the meeting, the Health and Family Welfare Department made a presentation on the status of the COVID-19 case, beds and oxygen availability and the trend of hospitalisations, among others, said minister Neiba Kronu.

    In view of the number of COVID-19 cases in the state and the feedback given by the District Task Forces (DTFs), the decision to extend the lockdown till June 11 was taken, he said.

    The state on Friday reported 192 new cases, increasing the COVID-19 tally to 21,215.

    The highest number of cases were detected in Dimapur at 61, followed by Tuensang (47) and Kohima (26).

    Five more people died in the state, raising the toll to 343.

    There are 4,990 active cases in Nagaland at present, while 15,258 patients have recovered.

    The state government is satisfied that the existing lockdown measures are required to continue in order to break the chain and prevent the spread of COVID-19, said the official notification issued by Chief Secretary J Alam on the lockdown extension.

    The existing guidelines would continue to be in place — all activities and movement of people will remain suspended, except essential services, agriculture and construction works.

    Shops dealing in essential commodities would be allowed to remain open from 6 am to 12 noon daily and only one person per family has to do the shopping, as per the guidelines.

    Advisor Mmhonlumo Kikon said the committee has asked the DTFs to submit a detailed report on the welfare of the unorganised sectors, including taxi and bus drivers, and other daily wage earners Minister Kronu said it was also decided that over and above the 15 percent of Local Area Development Programme (LADP) fund earmarked for common pool activities, an additional 10 percent will be kept aside for COVID-19 related expenditure.

    The Planning Department will issue separate guidelines on this, he said.

    To check the spread of the virus in rural areas, a system of community surveillance has been put in place, while the DTFs have been asked to take steps to strengthen the Village Task Forces and Village Disaster Management Authorities, he said.

    They shall remain operational under the supervision of the respective DTFs for effective management of COVID-19 in the rural areas, he said.

    All village and ward/colony authorities would be mobilised to organise suitable slots for vaccination in order to streamline the ongoing vaccination drive, the minister said.