Nagaland Govt issues new SOPs for returnees

Kohima, May 14 (MExN): The Government of Nagaland today issued revised Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for people entering Nagaland by train, road or airways.

The new SOPs included the detailed process for the entry, screening and quarantine measures to be strictly followed by both the enforcement agency and the people travelling by either rail or road. 

As per the new SOPs, persons returning from Green and Orange Zones will be screened upon arrival and if found to be asymptomatic, shall undergo institutional quarantine for 3 days and thereafter be placed under mandated home quarantine for 14 days. 

Necessary documentation and mandatory download of mobile app for monitoring shall be completed at the institutional quarantine facility.

Meanwhile, persons returning from Red Zones or crossing Red Zone areas en-route to Nagaland, shall be screened at designated screening facilities and will undergo 14 days of institutional quarantine and thereafter undergo 14 days home quarantine.

Stranded returnees inbound for Dimapur, Mon and Peren shall be initially quarantined at Dimapur and sent to their districts to complete their mandated quarantine period in the designated district quarantine centers or home quarantine as the case may be.

The returnees inbound to the rest of the districts shall be quarantined at Kohima initially and thereafter be sent to respective districts to complete the remaining quarantine period.

Meanwhile, it was informed that all persons before proceeding for home quarantine shall be stamped with quarantine stamp on the back of the palm of the left hand at the quarantine centers. 

The stamp will mention the date upto which the person is required to be under Home Quarantine. In addition, the indelible ink will also be applied on the right-hand thumb from the top of the nail to the bottom of the joint.