Deputy Commissioner (DC) Tuensang, Kumar Ramnikant IAS has stated that some Wards /Sectors are not allowing frontline workers to enter their Wards /Sectors despite completion of 7(seven) days mandatory quarantine period after performing their roster duties and on testing negative for COVID-19. Therefore, all Wards /Sectors have been directed to allow unhindered passage to frontline workers who have completed 7 (seven) days mandatory quarantine period and tested negative for COVID-19.

The Deputy Commissioner & Chairman District Task Force, Longleng extended sincere gratitude to the District Task Force Wokha and District Task Force Mokokchung for extending their kind help to the returnees of Longleng District by providing food, accommodation and also arranging transportation to ferry them on 15th and 18th June 2020 when unforeseen problems/difficulties came on the way en-route Longleng.

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“As on today, the total number of positive cases in the State stands at 198. Out of this, the total active cases are 73, and 125 have recovered. All the positive persons are receiving medical care at the designated COVID-19 Hospitals.

In reference to the directive issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy video, the following instructions and measures have been issued for grant of exemption from the lockdown measures to conduct Board Examination for class X and XII in the State subject to the following conditions.

Dr. P J Antony, Commissioner & Secretary has taken over the charge of the Administrative Head of the Department (AHOD) in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly Secretariat with effect from 1st June 2020, vide this Secretariat order no. AS/ADDL.SECY/CB/2020/216 dated 6th June 2020. Henceforth, all official correspondence/ letters & emails may be addressed to him as given below.

Address: -        Dr. P.J Antony

Commissioner & Secretary

Having noticed pigs still being imported into the district despite the order issued by the Administration, banning import of pigs in Dimapur District from outside the state owing to outbreak of “African Swine Fever” and high mortality rate of pigs in the neighbouring states, DC Dimapur Anoop Khinchi in an order reiterated that the ban on import of pigs from neighbouring states still stands.