Ziro, Apr 19: A meeting was convened in the office chamber of the Deputy Commissioner to work out the District Action Plan for Containment of the second wave of Covid-19 for Lower Subansiri district on Monday.
Chairing the meeting Deputy Commissioner, Somcha Lowang emphasized on the need to set aside  complacency amongst the officers and the public because of  the low Covid-19  positive cases in the district and gear up to face the second wave. 
Inviting opinions from all the administrative officers and Bazaar Welfare Committee members in ensuring less crowding in market places, she also suggested for sanitization of the shop premises by the shop owners and adopting no mask, no sale strategy.
She further called for intensified IEC activities to improve vaccination coverage and enforce Covid appreciate behaviour.
It was also decided to stop the weekly bazaars across Lower Subansiri district as most of the vendors come from the neighbouring states.
Presenting the District Action Plan DMO Dr. Tage Kanno said, the mapping of positive cases and further isolation will be vital to contain the disease in the district. 
Therefore the check gates and the District Covid-19 Control room have to be made functional immediately. All hotels, home stays and resorts will mandatorily maintain a database of all the persons from outside the state in a format provided by the District Surveillance Team and provide a copy to the to the team on daily basis, he further added.

Various other modalities like compulsory wearing of masks,  restricting public gatherings, enforcement of appropriate behaviour in letter and spirit in the educational institutions, management of CCC and testing facilities, activating area wise incident commanders etc were discussed in detail during the meeting.
ADC Millo Kojin, SDO B.Tawsik, administrative officers, DDMO Nima Drema and members of Bazaar welfare committee attended the meeting. DIPRO

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