Dimapur, June 7 (MExN): In addition to the revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for returnees to Nagaland, the Home Department on June 5 issued additional advisory for military/ paramilitary personnel entering Nagaland as follows:
I. At the Point of Entry (Airport / Train Station/ Road), the military will arrange a separate screening counter. Screening of the returnees will be done under the supervision of the State government official. Transportation of returnees to the quarantine centre will be the responsibility of the military.
2. The returnees will be placed in facility quarantine which is arranged by the military for 14 days followed by 14 days home quarantine as per the State SOP.
3. Sample collection and transportation to the testing laboratory will be the responsibility of the military. The training of military health personnel on sample collection will be done by the district health authority.
4. The details of returnees, the samples collection and testing results, as well as the clinical details are to be submitted to the CMO of the respective district.
5. All returnees will compulsorily register in the nCOVID Nagaland Visitors App. If the returnee does not use a mobile phone, the quarantine facility will assign one person who will register as a health worker (I am on COV1D-19 duty, Nagaland) in the App and do self declaration on behalf of the returnees and enter their symptoms daily for the period of quarantine.
6. The returnees who have mobile phones will additionally register in the Arogya Setu App.
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