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HAFLONG: With the number of COVID cases gradually rising in the district, Dima Hasao Deputy Commissioner Paul Barua visited the Haflong market on Saturday, as part of the sensitization programme to increase adherence to COVID protocol in Haflong market.
DC Paul Barua emphasized the need for wearing face masks, using hand sanitizers and maintaining physical distance. The DC, along with ADCs, DSP, Assistant Commissioners, DIPRO and DPO, DDMA and other officials, handed over face masks to the vegetable and fruit sellers in the market and asked them to be cautious in the wake of the second wave of the COVID pandemic.
Emphasizing how the second wave would spread faster than the first, DC Barua highlighted adherence to the SOP issued by the government. He also interacted with the traders and vendors and instructed them to strictly follow precautionary measures such as maintaining distance among the customers by drawing noticeable markings on the ground, use of sanitizers and masks. He also asked them to stick 'No mask, no entry' notices in front of every shop.
According to official data, since March 1 till April 23, 45 people have tested COVID positive in Dima Hasao, of which 38 had migrated out. Although the recovery rate of the infected persons is found to be 15.79 per cent, 31 persons are still in home isolation while one person is admitted in Haflong Civil Hospital and the rest have recovered.
The medical team has placed a counter in the market area at Lal field in Haflong for free Rapid Antigen Test (RAT). The district administration has made it mandatory for any person from outside the district entering Dima Hasao to undergo RAT as a measure for prevention from COVID-19.