Itanagar, Jul 1: The capital district administration today held a press briefing to clear the air in the wake of panic after two frontline workers tested positive for covid-19 and also assured citizens that all measures have been adopted to stop the spread of the disease.
Deputy Commissioner Itanagar Capital Region, Komkar Dulom informed that all 114 primary contacts of both have been traced out, of which results of 90 are Negative and rest are awaited. Also, the 78  secondary contacts have been traced out and swab collection of 58 has been done till now.
The DC informed that once all the results come out, further course of action would be taken whether there is need to declare containment zone or not. "We should refrain from jumping to conclusion as can be seen in the recent case wherein unnecessary misconceptions regarding community spread has been created which is misleading."
Urging citizens to be responsible and refrain from sharing names of positive cases on social media, he said  "It eventually leads to stigmatising of the person and his family which may also lead to unfortunate events."
He added that strict action would be taken against those involved in sharing such informations and SP Capital is strictly pursuing the matter.
Also highlighting that the two frontline workers had contracted the virus without coming in direct contact with the positive patients, the DC further stressed that there are possibilities of not properly following SOPs, hence citizens should learn to mandatorily follow the basic SOPs like wearing of mask, proper hand washing etc.
DC also informed that three hotels have been engaged for the accommodation of COVID warriors working in State quarantine centers. "Now onwards after every 14 days of their shift, instead of going for home quarantine, they have to stay in the identified hotels."
 DMO Capital Mandip Perme said the health department is ensuring that all precautionary measures are made for those working  in Covid Care Centers. He informed that it has been decided to use Rapid Antibody Testing kits/Elisa for all health care workers and others working in SQC Lekhi for screening of Covid-19 infection only as a surveillance part in view of high risk exposure of COVID-19 cases.
Furthermore, DC also informed that as PTC quarantine center has been closed on June 30 last, so now on State Quarantine Center (SQC)will be at  BPL Colony, Lekhi.  As per the government order, now on all the stranded people entering Arunachal have to bear their own expenses even in SQC, with Rs 700 per head per day, he added. With  DIPRO Inputs

 

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