Kohima District Task Force (DTF), as notified by the state government, has decided to implement Micro-Isolation Zones (MIZ).
In this regard, deputy commissioner (DC) Kohima and DTF chairman, Gregory Thejawelie called for collective efforts from all wards and colonies in assisting the DTF to identify households and provide required information to implement MIZ effectively to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission.
Addressing a meeting of representatives of wards and colonies on Wednesday, Gregory appreciated AKMWP, wards and colonies for extending their cooperation to authorities and their efforts in containing the spread of the disease so far. He urged for their continued support and efforts in the fight against the pandemic, to prevent the situation from getting worse in the district.
He cautioned that the second wave was not over yet, adding that the prevailing Covid positivity rate and the risk associated with the impending third wave were matters of great concern, and the district needed to scale up testing and vaccination.
He explained to the gathering that the concept of MIZ had been conceived with the aim to cause minimal disruption to normal life and economic activities by isolating a defined small geographical area, which might even be a building.
As in containment zones, restrictions on movement, social distancing, enhanced active surveillance, testing all suspected cases, isolation of cases and intensive IEC on Covid appropriate behaviours and other preventive and safety public health measures would be put in place. Gregory said, depending on the number of Covid-19 cases and number of houses with Covid-19 cases, a cluster of houses or a locality – colony or block or khel or ward or village – would be declared as MIZ.
Chief Medical Officer Kohima Dr Vezokholu Theyo and DIO Dr Rupert Peseyie also addressed the informed the gathering.