Deputy Commissioner Kohima Gregory Thejawelie NCS has issued an order re-iterating all the Village Council under Kohima District that the ban on jungle burning which is issued from time to time will continue to remain enforced.
17 CHECK POINTS ERECTED AT PUNGRO
In the third week of March, the administration at Pungro has been able to establish 17 (seventeen) check points all around the Pungro Sub-Division. NAP, Police and the Village Guards (VGs) keeping a vigil, operating 24×7 to ensure that no one from any parts of Nagaland enter in the area unreported or medically examined.
ANCA TO PROVIDE FREE TELEPHONIC COUNSELING SERVICE
Department of Health & Family Welfare on 30th March 2020 issued a circular stating that the All Nagaland Counsellors Association (ANCA) will render free telephonic counseling services in order to support the holistic well-being of a person particularly those under quarantine facility and home observation. The facility will also be open to the public on a voluntary basis as the lockdown has the potential to adversely affect the mental well-being of the general public.
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS REQUISITIONED AS QUARANTINE FACILITY
Principal Secretary Health & Family Welfare, Menukhol John through an office memorandum informed that the Government has issued orders to requisition Government buildings as quarantine facilities to prepare necessary infrastructure and tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and save lives.
ADVISORY ON CHURCH CONGREGATIONS
Home Department, on 31st March, issued an advisory to curb religious congregation during the lockdown period. It stated that the State is presently under lockdown for 21 days due to the COVID19 outbreak, during which all kinds of gatherings are barred including religious congregation since it has the potential of easily allowing the virus to spread thereby putting the lives of many at risk.
IMKONGLIBA MEMORIAL DISTRICT HOSPITAL IDENTIFIED AS COVID-19 HOSPITAL
Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare, Menukhol John in exercising the powers conferred by the Nagaland Epidemic Disease (COVID-19) Regulations, 2020 under the Epidemic Disease Act 1897, identified Imkongliba Memorial District Hospital (1MDH) as COVID-19 HOSPITAL. He informed that the following alternative arrangements are to be prepared for the convenience of patients: