Our Reporter
Dimapur, March 20 (EMN): Amid spike in the number of new Covid-19 cases in India, which has forced some states to impose partial lockdown and shut educational institutions once again, the department of Health and Family Welfare, government of Nagaland, on Saturday urged the citizens to adhere to personal safety measures and avail Covid-19 vaccine in order to avoid another lockdown.
The Health department stated in its weekly bulletin that ‘the emerging Covid-19 situation in the country in the midst of opening of institutions, establishments and relaxation of SOPs calls for extra focus on maintenance of Covid-19 appropriate behaviours and vaccination of high-risk individuals as early as possible’.
“Since Covid-19 is here to stay and extreme public health and safety measures like a lockdown comes with irreparable damage to the community, individual choices of adherence to personal safety measures and protecting ourselves through vaccines will be critical to ensure we do not go back to drastic measures to stop transmission,” read the update.
“The detection of SARS-COV-2 variants across the globe adds to the urgency,” it added.
It informed that four Covid-19 cases were detected in the state in the past week ending March 19 and no deaths reported. It added that 67,205 doses of Covishield have been vaccinated in the state so far and 13,327 doses were administered in the past week.
The total active cases in the country has reached 2,88,394 after registering an increase for 10 consecutive days. More than 1 lakh fresh cases were recorded in just three days, taking the country’s tally to 1,15,55,284 and death toll to 1,59,558, including 188 new fatalities.
Meanwhile, a total of 1,11,07,332 patients have recovered, registering a 96.12 per cent recovery rate.
Nagaland: No new cases for 7 days
Meanwhile, no new Covid-19 cases were detected in Nagaland for seventh consecutive days on Saturday.
The minister of Health and Family Welfare, S Pangnyu Phom informed that no positive case and recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours.
The state’s Covid tally remained unchanged at 12225.
According to the information provided by the Health department, the state currently has two active cases, 11978 recoveries and 91 deaths, out of which 10 have been ruled “not Covid-related”.
In regard to district-wise distribution of active Covid-19 cases, Kohima has one asymptomatic case and one mild case in Mokokchung, while the remaining nine districts are Covid-free.