COVID-19 Tuensang: Chennai returnees in  ‘mental trauma’ due to retest process delay

Tuensang District Task Force for COVID-19 meeting held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner and Chairman TDTF, Kumar Ramnikant at DC Conference Hall Tuensang on June 3. (DIPR Photo) 

Tuensang District Task Force for COVID-19 meeting held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner and Chairman TDTF, Kumar Ramnikant at DC Conference Hall Tuensang on June 3. (DIPR Photo) 

Tuensang, June 3 (MExN): Tuensang District Task Force for COVID-19 held a meeting under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner and Chairman TDTF, Kumar Ramnikant at DC Conference Hall Tuensang on June 3. 


During the meeting, a DIPR report stated that the CMO Tuensang, Dr Moa reported on the swap sample collection of the Chennai returnees staying in Sao Chang College quarantine facility for retest. The house decided to request for testing it in priority manner at the earliest. “In connection to the Chennai returnees, the mental trauma they are going through due to delay in retest process” were also discussed, the DIPR report stated. The house decided to request “Kohima to accept and test at the earliest to determine and streamline the status of the returnees.” 


Earlier, the DC highlighted on the new revised SOP of the government discussed the changes thereof.  As per the new SOP Tuensang district liaison team was constituted comprising of one each from administration and police in officer ranks and presidents of Dimapur based students body by default i.e., Chang, Khiamniungan, Sangtam and Yimchunger student bodies to assist the liaison team. 


As per the new SOP, food for the respective district returnees shall be taken care off for which PD DRDA Tuensang has been assigned to handle the responsibility in consultation with the TDTF. 


According to the new SOP the asymptomatic returnees of respective districts are to be sent off to districts for which traveling matters were discussed during the meeting. 


The Chang Gazetted Officers Association pledged to donate 2 lakhs rupees earmarked to purchase the reagents to be used in Trunat machine when it arrives at the district as promised by the government.


The DC also acknowledged the donations by Kejong Chang and Toyang Changkong Chang, MLAs of Tuensang District to various stakeholders fighting against the global pandemic COVID 19.



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