Deputy Commissioner Dimapur, Rajesh Soundararajan, IAS has informed that all hardware shops in Dimapur have been allowed to remain open on the below mentioned days: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday from 6:00 A.M till 12:00 Noon.

The proprietor of the hardware shops will be responsible for ensuring compliance to COV1D-I9 SOPs.

Home Department in a circular has informed all Heads of Departments including the offices of NIC, CSO, NCCD, SBI, BSNL and Post Office in the Nagaland Civil Secretariat Complex, Kohima to submit list of officers and staff who have not been vaccinated for COVID-19 till date.

The Department of Health & Family Welfare is conducting Intensified COVID vaccination drive from 8th- 18th June 2021 wherein all health facilities and outreach session sites in urban colonies and villages will be covered from Mondays-Fridays.

All the eligible 18-44 years and 45+ years beneficiaries have been requested to avail the opportunity to get the COVISHIELD vaccination.

Rural community comprises over 70% of the State’s total population. In the face of the pandemic, rural community is rendered most vulnerable due to lack of COVID-19 awareness, unpreparedness to pandemics, undernutrition, weak public health infrastructure and services. Failure to empower the rural communities could pose considerable risk which may pose uncontainable.

The Nagaland Board of School Education has notified that in order to create awareness about fitness and sports among the school children, the Fit India Mission under the aegis of Sports Authority of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports India has decided to launch Fit India Quiz for Schools across the country in the month of June 2021.