More containment zones in Sagolband AC
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 14 2021:
After 65 residents of Sagolband Moirang Leirak tested positive for Covid-19 in the last three days, Deputy Commissioner of Imphal West has declared micro containment zones in several areas of the locality.
The district administrator has issued an order sealing the geographical area of the C-zones, restricting entry and exit of population from the containment area, closing schools, offices, if any, and banning public gathering of any type, banning vehicular movement in the area, initiating active surveillance of Covid-19 cases and compulsory use of Arogya Setu application by all the people residing within the containment area.
Further, the geographical area lying within a radius of 150-metre from the containment zone has been identified as the buffer zone and extensive surveillance and contact tracing of positive cases, reporting clinically suspicious cases on Covid-19 on real time basis, clinical management of confirmed cases, sensitization of the local residents on personal hygiene, physical distancing and other preventive measures will be taken up to break the chain of transmission of the virus, the order added.