Hotel declared containment zone
Source: The Sangai Express / Mungchan Zimik
Ukhrul, August 30 2020:
Hotel Iceland located in the heart of Ukhrul town at Wino Bazar was today declared as a containment zone after a test result of one person staying there turned out COVID-19 positive.
During a brief interaction with this correspondent, District Surveillance Officer Dr Pamreila Grace said that a returnee from Ghaziabad, Haryana who is housed at Hotel Iceland and another four persons quarantined at Ukhrul ADC office complex were found COVID-19 positive yesterday.
According to her reports, altogether 395 returnees of Ukhrul district have been found COVID-19 positive till date, of which 294 persons have recovered.
Among the 395 persons, 110 were military personnel returning from other States of India, she said.
All the military personnel who were found COVID-19 positive were all shifted to the separate COVID Care Centre established at TM Kasom village.
District Magistrate Joseph Pauline Kamson issued an order for sealing the whole area of Hotel Iceland.