Only one field worker mans gate no 1
Source: The Sangai Express
Moreh, March 05 2020:
Even as novel coronavirus 2019 or COVID-19 has been spreading far and wide with the total global casualty now touching 3300, only one field worker has been found manning the screening post opened at Moreh gate no 1 .
Apart from Moreh gate no 1, people coming from Myanmar are being screened at Moreh gate number 2 and the Integrated Check Post under the aegis of the State Health Department.
Although it is said that four staff (two in morning and two in afternoon) should be on duty at each screening post everyday, only one field staff was found at Moreh gate 1 today.
People coming back from Myanmar's Namphalong Bazar are screened, there is no arrangement for screening people who criss-cross the international boundary between Moreh gate numbers 1 and 2 .
As such, it is highly questionable whether the screening done at Moreh gate number 1 and 2 can effectively serve its purpose of preventing COVID-19 from entering Manipur.