Seven day lockdown begins in Aizawl

To keep a check on the rising cases of coronavirus, the capital of Mizoram has been put under complete lockdown from Tuesday morning . The lockdown will continue till November 3. The decision was taken in an an emergency meeting under the chairmanship  of Health Minister and Home Minister  on Monday in Aizawl. The development comes as the state has taken the coronavirus tally to 2,527 with 18 people testing positive for the virus off late. Of the fresh cases, 10 are from Aizawl, four from Serchhip, three from Lunglei and one from Lawngtlai district.The number of COVID-19 cases in the state stands at 2527, and the recovery rate is 92.20 per cent as a total of 2,212 people have recovered. Mizoram has not reported any fatality due to Coronavirus so far.

The decision was made to "break the chain of transmission and also to facilitate intensive contact tracing, surveillance and testing," CM Zoramthanga tweeted. The lockdown will end on November 3. The airport and entry points to state via land route will remain open to passengers, Zoramthanga added.