{"id":97079,"date":"2020-03-21T01:42:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T20:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=97079"},"modified":"2020-03-21T01:42:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T20:12:34","slug":"speaker-convenes-meeting-on-covid-19-urges-all-not-to-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/03\/21\/speaker-convenes-meeting-on-covid-19-urges-all-not-to-panic\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker convenes meeting on Covid-19, urges all not to panic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, Mar 20:<\/strong> Legislative Assembly Speaker PD Sona convened a meeting at his office here on Friday evening in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.<br \/>\n&#8220;Everyone is fighting a common enemy at present, which is not only invisible but also highly contagious,&#8221; Sona said, and suggested to the officers and staff of the state assembly to &#8220;take utmost preventive measures.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe, however, advised them not to panic &#8220;as the disease is not deadly and can be avoided by adopting social distancing, maintaining hygiene, etc.&#8221;<br \/>\nUnion Women &amp; Child Welfare Ministry Joint Secretary, Dr Sajjan Singh Yadav, who also attended the meeting, also made the same suggestions.<br \/>\nIDSP State Surveillance Officer, Dr L Jampa, who was also present, urged the officers and staff of the assembly to be &#8220;alert but not panic.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Awareness is very crucial, and everyone should disseminate correct information among the masses,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nHe informed that though no Covid-19 case has been reported in the entire Northeast, the state&#8217;s health department is fully prepared for any eventuality.<br \/>\nHe also said that the mortality rate due to Covid-19 &#8220;is very less, comparatively,&#8221; and asked the people not to panic but create awareness.<br \/>\nLegislative Assembly Secretary Kago Habung also attended the meeting. (Speaker&#8217;s PR Cell)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Mar 20: Legislative Assembly Speaker PD Sona convened a meeting at his office here on Friday evening in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. &#8220;Everyone is fighting a common enemy at present, which is not only invisible but also highly contagious,&#8221; Sona said, and suggested to the officers and staff of the state assembly to [&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-97079","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\/97079","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=97079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}