In Nagaland, 9,885 people have been affected by COVID-19, which has claimed 52 lives so far. (Archive)
Guwahati:
The Nagaland government has ordered the closure and complete sanitation of the secretary of state for two days amid a new surge in daily coronavirus cases.
The northeastern state government also ordered aggressive contact tracing as the one-day case count soared to 112 on Saturday and 135 on Sunday after seeing a double-digit spike in daily Covid cases for weeks.
The maximum number of cases was reported from the state capital, Kohima.
“In view of a series of COVID-19 cases, the Nagaland Civil Secretariat Office Complex would remain closed on Monday and Tuesday following the guidelines on preventive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace issued by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on June 4, “states the government notification, signed by Kohima’s Additional Deputy Commissioner Lithrongla Tongpi Rutsa.
The fumigation of the facilities of the office complex of the Civil Secretariat is being carried out and an aggressive follow-up of the contacts has begun, the notification added.
“The sealed area has been mapped and cordoned off. In the vicinity of this area, the public and all other stakeholders have been advised to always wear a mask, wash their hands frequently, and maintain social and physical distance to ensure public hygiene and personal safety “said the notification.
Nagaland recorded 135 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday. Of these, 71 were detected in Kohima, followed by Dimapur with 53 cases, 9 in Tuensang and one in Kiphire and Mon, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom, posted on Twitter.
So far, 9,885 people in Nagaland have been affected by the coronavirus, of whom 52 have died and 8,913 have recovered from the highly infectious disease.
The increase in cases is consistent with an increase seen in many northern states of India and other northern hemisphere countries where winter is beginning.
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