Gurugram train to arrive today

Dimapur, May 24 (EMN): The special train carrying about 426 stranded citizens of Nagaland from Gurugram is expected to arrive at Dimapur on the morning of May 25, according to Home Commissioner Abhijit Sinha.

Eastern Mirror had earlier reported that the train from Gurugram, which was supposed to reach Dimapur on Sunday morning, might arrive on either Sunday night or Monday morning.

“Till date a total of 1066 suspected samples have been sent for testing. The results of 1001 samples have been received and all are negative. Results for 65 samples are awaited. In addition, through the Truenat testing machines, 31 samples have been tested so far and all have tested negative,” he informed.

54 samples sent to Kohima lab

Health officials also updated that 54 samples have been sent for testing at the recently inaugurated BSL-3 lab in Kohima, out of which nine have been confirmed Covid-19 negative.

Results for the remaining 45 are awaited, it was informed.