Kohima DTF conducting random sampling at New Market, Kohima on May 17. (DIPR Photo)
Kohima, May 17 (MExN): As per the directive from the State Government to pursue aggressive testing by the Department of Health & Family Welfare during the lockdown, the Kohima District Task Force (DTF) on COVID-19 has been conducting aggressive random sampling since the declaration of containment zone declared by the Government.
As per a DIPR report, taking the advantage of the containment zone and total lockdown, the DTF has been carrying out random sampling till date at various locations in order to ascertain the prevalence of COVID -19 among high risk and highly mobile population within Kohima.
The random sampling was conducted on May 17 at New Market and Bayavü colony, Kohima. The medical team led by Chief Medical Officer Kohima, Dr Vezokholu Theyo, district administration, police, APO, AYO and ASU carried out the random sampling drive today. The team has been actively engaged in the collection of random sampling and COVID related activities undergoing in the district.
According to the report, as on May 17, the cumulative result of the samples collected so far from the category of taxi drivers, shopkeepers, labourers and home delivery personnel as per colony wise is as follows:
