DIMAPUR, MAY 27 (MExN): The Konyak Union (KU) has appealed to the Chief Minister of Nagaland for immediate activation of the BSL 2 lab in Dimapur and to send returnees to Mon district only after tests are conducted and results are received.
In a letter to the Chief Minister, KU President, Mowing Konyak said that stringent measures to quarantine the returnees safely without involving incidents of further contact and transmission is of utmost priority now.
It asked that the BSL 3 lab at Dimapur should be installed and activated at the earliest, as only testing can help officials on the ground to take clear-cut decisions for further action. The KU further stated that all returnees should be tested in Dimapur and Kohima.
Sending the returnees to Mon without confirming their testing results will expose all returnees to more infections which will become burdensome for the already stressed arrangements in the district, it said.
It meanwhile informed that the KU is working towards purchase of Truelab Duo Real Time Quantitative micro PCR Analyzer and testing kits in case of outbreak within the district.
“But, if all the returnees are directly sent to the districts without being filtered at Dimapur and Kohima, the failure at the district will make the onerous efforts put at Dimapur or Koltima futile,” it sated.
