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Dimapur, Feb. 27 (EMN): No deaths related to Covid-19 were reported in Nagaland last week ending February 26, while seven positives cases were detected (excluding one case recorded on Saturday). The state’s death toll due to the Covid pandemic stands at 81.
Out of the seven fresh cases, two each were detected via traced contacts/self-test and travellers, while three were from armed forces/ security, according to weekly bulletin issued by the department of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
A total of 35,222 contacts have been traced by surveillance teams across the state, it said, adding that “contact tracing remains as one of the crucial pillars of Covid-19 control”.
The update informed that India witnessed a surge in Covid-19 cases in the past week from states like Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. It said
Indian Council of Medical Research has clarified that there is no linkage between surge in cases with the mutant strains N440K and E484Q detected in several states of India since last year.
“Complacency, opening of local transport and institutions, and deviation from Covid-19 appropriate behaviours are responsible for the surge in cases as Covid-19 comes in waves after waves. Several states have made negative RT-PCR covid-19 test mandatory for people coming from the affected states,” the update read.
India is all set to start Covid-19 vaccination for those aged above 60 and those with comorbidities from first week of March.
According to the Health department, people with the following conditions (comorbidities) can get vaccinated: