{"id":128683,"date":"2020-06-20T01:54:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T20:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=128683"},"modified":"2020-06-20T01:54:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T20:24:45","slug":"discourage-stigma-attached-to-covid-19-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/discourage-stigma-attached-to-covid-19-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Discourage stigma attached to Covid-19: DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PASIGHAT, Jun 19:<\/strong> East Siang DC Kinny Singh on Friday informed that the RT-PCR tests of all the primary contacts of the two Covid-19 positive frontline workers have come out negative.<br \/>\nThe DC also urged the people of the district to discourage discrimination and social stigma attached to Covid-19.<br \/>\n&#8220;This is the time for us to encourage and support those in quarantine and those in Covid care,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\nStating that &#8220;utmost measures have been taken for the safety and welfare of the frontline workers,&#8221; the DC informed that &#8220;a new SOP has been formed under the charge of EAC Jayanti Pertin.&#8221;<br \/>\nSingh said resource persons are conducting workshops on safety procedures for the frontline workers before their joining quarantine facilities, in addition to the earlier briefings which are in place.<br \/>\n&#8220;Besides the frontline workers from the health department, other staffers in quarantine facilities will also be provided with separate accommodation,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\nShe informed that the frontline workers will work batch-wise for six to seven days, and then be relieved by the next batch.<br \/>\n&#8220;After completion of their respective duties, all have to undergo compulsory swab testing for Covid-19,&#8221; Singh said, adding that &#8220;the special welfare committee headed by EAC Koj Yabyang is already looking into the measures being provided by the various in-charges.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I salute the spirit of all the frontline workers of East Siang working in various capacities in the service of the society,&#8221; the DC said. She said the DA is extending all possible support and services with all the available resources for their protection and safety. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASIGHAT, Jun 19: East Siang DC Kinny Singh on Friday informed that the RT-PCR tests of all the primary contacts of the two Covid-19 positive frontline workers have come out negative. The DC also urged the people of the district to discourage discrimination and social stigma attached to Covid-19. &#8220;This is the time for us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-128683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}