Man tests positive after quarantine
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, June 16 2020:
One inmate of Lilong ITI community quarantine centre has been tested positive for COVID-19 after he was discharged yesterday from the quarantine centre on completion of the quarantine period.
While the COVID-19 positive man has been taken to RIMS COVID Care Centre, five individuals who had close contact with the man have been quarantined at 5 Star English High School, Lilong.
Meanwhile Thoubal district administration has initiated due measures to open a COVID Care Centre inside the Thoubal District Hospital complex.
The COVID Care Centre would have 100 beds and it would not affect the normal functioning of Thoubal District Hospital, said Thoubal DC N Bandana.
Out of 25 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Thoubal district, 14 have recovered and they have been discharged from hospitals, according to a report furnished by the district administration.
Currently, around 778 residents of Thoubal district are being kept in institutional and community quarantine centres.