Our Correspondent
Imphal, April 29 (EMN): In view of the rapidly rising Covid-19 cases in the state, the Manipur government has imposed ban on all sporting activities in the state and other sport-related activities at Khuman Lampak Sports Complex in Imphal and other private owned sport complexes in the districts.
“All sporting activities in the state including any sport-related activity at Khuman Lampak Sports Complex and other sport complexes in the districts, including privately run or managed sport complexes are banned with immediate effect,” says an official notification.
The step has been taken up in view of the second wave of Covid-19 and ever increasing positive cases in Manipur and also taking into consideration the recommendation of the state consultative committee of State Disaster Management Authority, it said.
Further, the entry of visitors at Khuman Lampak Sports complex except officials and staff of Youth Affairs and Sports, National Sport University and other departments located at Khuman Lampak Sports Complex has been banned with immediate effect.
Manipur, which is also known as power house of sports of the country, has so far produced 14 Arjuna awardees, 2 Rajiv Gandhi khel ratna awardees and one each Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand awardees besides many international and national players in the recent past.
Even the ongoing matches of the state level football tourney popularly known as state league and other district level super league matches have also been postponed since last few weeks in view of the prevailing situation.
On Thursday, the state reported 314 new Covid-19 positive cases, the highest ever single day spike figure for this year, taking the state’s total infection tally to 31,315, officials sources said.
Meanwhile, five more persons (including two each from Imphal West and East districts and one from Bishnupur district) expired due to Covid-19 at different hospitals in the state in the last 24 hours. As a result, the state’s total cumulative number of deaths increases to 400, it said.
Till date, a total of 1,59,860 persons including healthcare workers and frontline workers in Manipur got the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. On the other hand, altogether 67,048 healthcare workers and frontline workers received a second dose of vaccines.
