Wangoi AC stares at containment zone tag
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 19 2020:
The entire Wangoi Assembly Constituency may be declared a containment zone after the ongoing house to house COVID-19 test is completed.
Similar intensive COVID-19 test drive would be launched in Lilong AC and Wangjing-Tentha AC from tomorrow.
In view of the very high rate of COVID-19 infection in Wangoi AC, the entire Assembly segment may be notified as a containment zone after the ongoing house to house COVID-19 test is completed so as to check further transmission of the virus, informed a source.
Testing of one member of each household started yesterday in Wangoi AC and 95 persons were found positive.
Altogether 315 people were tested today at seven places of the same Assembly segment and 38 were found positive.
COVID-19 test would be carried out at nine different locations tomorrow.
Similar test drive would be launched in Lilong AC and Wangjing-Tentha AC from tomorrow and it would continue till November 22.No date has been fixed as yet for such intensive COVID-19 test drive in Saitu AC.
Notably, Wangoi AC, Lilong AC, Wangjing-Tentha AC and Saitu went to by-polls on November 7.Meanwhile, it is reported that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare would send a team to assess the State's COVID-19 situation.
On the other hand, the Principal Secretary (Health) presided a meeting on COVID-19 data analysis today and decided to hand over the same task to IDSP, said the source.