Deputy Commissioner, Mon Thavaseelan K, IAS notified that in the interest of public health and safety and with an aim to prevent and contain spread of Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19), the following directives are hereby issued:-

Home Commissioner, Abhijit Sinha, has called for the utilization of the service of volunteers trained under the Aapda Mitra Scheme for the containment of COVID-19. In view of the gravity and magnitude of the challenge emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, he suggested to consider utilizing the service of the volunteers.

The Angami Gazetted Officers Krotho is grieved to learn about the incident of assault on a member of the Krotho, Dr. Nosezol Sezo, Senior Specialist/Orthopaedic and COVID-19 Quarantine Officer, on the night of 3rd April 2020 at Purana Bazaar, Dimapur by Police personnel on duty. It may be mentioned that Dr.

President, Nagaland In-Service Doctor Association, Dr. Ritu Thurr in a press issued that the Nagaland In-service Doctor Association (NIDA) has expressed strong resentment over the incident of 3rd April 2020 at 11:30 pm whereby an esteemed member of the association, Dr Nosezol Sezo, an Orthopedic Surgeon, was brutally assaulted while returning home after a hectic duty for COVID-19 at Civil Hospital, Dimapur.

1. Agricultural and allied activities exempted from lockdown
2. Veterinary hospitals
3. Agencies engaged in procurement of agriculture products, including MSP operations

Dr.Jitendra Singh, Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) held detailed review meeting on 27/03/2020 through Video Conferencing. The meeting was attended by officers of Ministry of DoNER and North Eastern Council (NEC). The meeting among others deliberated in length the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and measures being taken to meet the challenges arising out of it in the North Eastern Region.