Kohima, May 8 (MExN): Nagaland, on May 8, registered for four new COVID-19 cases, an official update informed. The new cases were reported from Kohima, the Department of Health and Family Welfare informed on Twitter. On Monday, there were also two recoveries from Kohima.
With this, the total COVID-19 cases in Nagaland increased to 36009. However, out of this, 33,706 have recovered and presently, there are only four active cases.
Officially, the State has also recorded 777 COVID-19 deaths so far, while five deaths with COVID-19 positivity is designated as “Non Covid Deaths.” A total of 1517 cases have been migrated from the State since the onset of the pandemic.
It must be noted here that the World Health Organization on May 5 ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 more than three years after its original declaration.
The WHO announcement came after its Emergency Committee meeting on May 4 and recommended for declaring an end to the coronavirus crisis as a “public health emergency of international concern.” The highest level of alert was in place since Jan. 30, 2020.
On the advice of the Committee, the WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, however, advised members states to ‘Temporary Recommendations’ before a long-term management of the COVID-19 is adopted.
The recommendations, among others, included sustaining the national capacity gains and prepare for future events; integrating COVID-19 vaccination into life course vaccination programmes; public health surveillance; support research to improve vaccines that reduce transmission and bring together information from diverse respiratory pathogen surveillance data sources to allow for a comprehensive situational awareness.
