Manipur district authority adopts new strategy to tackle rising Covid-19 cases

As a brand new technique to sort out the surge in Covid-19 instances, the executive authority of Manipur’s Imphal West district has declared a serious portion of an meeting constituency within the state capital as a containment zone. The transfer will come into impact from 6 pm on October 17 and can proceed till the containment zone is denotified.

The deputy commissioner of Imphal West district issued an order on Friday, declaring a portion of Thangmeiband meeting constituency as a Covid-19 containment zone. The order cited the rise in Covid-19 instances and the necessity to urgently break the chain of transmission within the space.

While motion of individuals is not going to be allowed out and in of the containment zone, aside from medical emergency and for sustaining the availability of important items and companies, intensive contact tracing, home to accommodate surveillance and different scientific interventions could be carried out throughout the containment zone as per the rules of the Union residence ministry, the order acknowledged.

Besides sealing the mentioned geographical areas, entry and exit of individuals within the containment space could be prohibited. Schools and places of work situated throughout the space could be shut and no vehicular motion might be allowed.

The residents throughout the containment space are suggested to make use of the Aarogya Setu app aside from sporting face masks, sustaining social distance and keep away from consuming from the identical plate. Besides, the residents are additionally directed not exit through the containment interval, mentioned the order. Violators of the order might be punished beneath Section 188 of India Penal Code (IPC).

As on Saturday, the full variety of Covid-19 instances in Manipur stood at 15,141, together with 3,587 energetic instances and 11,443 recovered sufferers. So far, the state has reported 111 deaths. The restoration charge is 75,57 p.c as per an official press launch.