Our Correspondent
Imphal, April 1 (EMN): Ten people of Manipur, who attended a religious congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin last month, were quarantined and their samples sent for testing, Manipur Health department officials said on Wednesday.
The official sources from Ukhrul district said, the three persons who were listed in the attendees list did not attend the event in Delhi, but were near the area.
The first Covid-19 case was reported in the state on March 24 and the condition of the patient is said to be stable.
The 10 were quarantined at Lilong in Thoubal district, while another attendee with high blood pressure has been taken to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in state capital Imphal.
However, none of the 11 people showed any symptoms of novel coronavirus, officials said.
The Manipur government on Tuesday said it had traced 14 people who attended the religious congregation held in Nizamuddin.
Government officials are tight-lipped about the whereabouts of the remaining three.
They, however, said 39 others who attended the programme are still outside Manipur.
Director General of Police LM Khaute said anyone from the state who attended the religious congregation at Nizamuddin, or stayed in the vicinity of the venue or passed near it should get themselves tested at the nearest government hospital failing which legal actions will be taken against them.
Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday appealed to the people of the state who had attended the congregation to come forward for a Covid-19 test.
Schools, coaching centres to remain close till further orders
Following the nationwide lockdown curfew imposed in view of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Manipur government on Wednesday issued a fresh notification, informing that all schools and coaching centres within Manipur will continue to remain close till further orders.
“All schools including the government and private schools, coaching centres, tution centres, and boardings shall continue to remain closed beyond March 31 till further orders, as a precautionary measure to fight against Covid-19,” Commissioner (Education-schools) T Ranjit Singh said in an order.
The state authority on March 12, ordered all schools in the state to remain closed till March 31, to ensure reduction of mass gathering and to avoid spread of Covid-19 and as precautionary measures.