COVID-19 â A blessing in disguise for Nagaland s health sector
With the coming in of the COVID-19, the Nagaland health sector has improved a lot. 1, 986 beds are present in the COVID centres, along with 68 ventilator units
| 1 Jan 2021 7:05 AM GMT
Kohima: With COVID-19 pandemic hitting all over the world, leaving many infected, it was in fact a blessing in disguise for the northeastern state, Nagaland. The coming in of such a pandemic has led to the improvement in the health sector of Nagaland.
During this pandemic, the state got three Bio-Safety Level (BSL) Laboratories. The first one was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Nagaland in the month of May 2020, at Naga Hospital in Kohima. The other two laboratories are inaugurated in Dimapur and Tuensang district.
Nagaland: Compulsory COVID-19 testing for everyone who entered the state after Dec 20
The compulsory COVID-19 test is directed due to the emergence of the new strain of coronavirus in the UK, which is 70 per cent more transmissible
| 29 Dec 2020 4:36 AM GMT
Dimapur: The government of Nagaland has directed the people who have entered Nagaland after December 20 to report to the District Task Forces (DTF) for COVID-19 testing.
The information was stated in a press communique from the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare. This is done in view of the new variant strain of the coronavirus, which has emerged in the United Kingdom.