Deputy commissioner Kohima Gregory Thejawelie informed that in view of the detection of COVID-19 positive person at Keziekie Colony Kohima, Municipal Ward No. 3 was declared/demarcated as a containment zone on July 8, and kept under strict and active Medical surveillance and movement within the zone was restricted to the public.
According to DIPR report, contact tracing of the COVID-19 positive person was carried out by the CMO co-ordination team and all the primary and secondary contacts were identified and tested for COVID-19 and found to be COVID negative.
In total, 232 households were visited and 216 contacts were traced, out of which 5 were high risk contacts and 211 were low risk contacts.
Since all contact tracing has been completed and tested, the containment zone has been lifted and declared that all normal activities at Keziekie Colony Kohima, Municipal Ward No. 3 is allowed to resume as per various SOPs of the government which is still enforced.