NAMSAI, Apr 2: The entire Namsai town was sanitized on a war footing on Thursday – the day the state recorded its first Covid-19 positive case in neighbouring Lohit district.
The sanitized areas included the market, the designated quarantine centres, offices and colonies.
“With the unfortunate reporting of the first Covid-19 positive case in our state, we are gearing up our resources and preparations and have intensified our efforts. We are aggressively dealing with this dreaded pandemic,” informed DSP S Perme.
He appealed to all to offer wholehearted cooperation and to comply with the lockdown order in order to keep Covid-19 out of Namsai.