A review meeting of Noklak Sub-Divisional Task Force on COVID-19 was held on July 28 at the DBs Court Noklak, chaired by the SDO (C), Noklak C. Phuniang.
According to DIPR report, the house after thorough discussion decided that all inter-district movement will be strictly regulated. People coming from outside the state and from the Red-Zone districts (within the state) shall mandatorily produce swab test for COVID-19. There shall be no exemption for any category- govt servants or otherwise. Those arriving without the test report shall be quarantined for 14 days of home quarantine. As entrusted and endorsed by the SDPDB Noklak to access the means to procure TrueNat machines, the house agreed to forward the matter to department of Health & Family Welfare and to appeal the government to allot 2 TrueNat (Quadro) machines to the district. Member secretary & SMO CHC Noklak Dr. Victor Lam pressed on the need for exigency preparation of institutional quarantine in the wake of community spread. Regulation of market timing was necessitated to avoid and reduce crowding in the main town, whereby the task force divided 3 categories of shops with effect from July 31:
Category 1 pharmacies, hotels, petrol/diesel outlets, bakeries which shall be allowed to open on all days (except Sundays). However, only takeaway food/items shall be permitted in hotels; Category 2 hardware, groceries, motor parts, pan shops shall be allowed to open only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; Category 3 cloth store, variety stores, cosmetic, electronics, stationeries and others shall be allowed to open only on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.