Nagaland Principal Secretary, Home, Abhijit Sinha on 14^th of April informed that the results of 97 samples have been received including 22 samples of the co-passengers of the COVID-19 positive person of Dimapur, who are from Kohima, and had returned from Kolkata to Dimapur by the Air India flight no. 709 on 24^th March 2020 and all the results are negative. The results of the remaining 77 samples are awaited.

The lone COVID positive persons is a resident of Marwari Patti, of Dimapur town in Nagaland, and this area along with Murgi Patti and GS Road has been sealed and 25 (twenty-five) Teams of the District Surveillance Teams are conducting Active Surveillance for Contact Tracing and Tracking in these areas and around Dimapur. Till now, 1391 persons have been interviewed and screened and 62(sixty-two) Close Contacts have been traced.  Further, in connection with the positive case, 72 samples have been collected for testing from Dimapur till now.

Sinha also informed that today the Cabinet in its meeting endorsed the announcement of the Prime Minister for extending the lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 in all parts of the country, and accordingly on the directions of the Government of India, orders have been issued by the State Government that all the lockdown measures will continue to remain in force in the entire State up to 3^rd of May 2020 to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the State.

He appealed to everyone for their continued support and cooperation for adherence to the lockdown measures. He sought the support and cooperation of everyone, particularly the Civil Society Organizations and the Tribal Bodies for unitedly combating the threat of COVID-19.

In another development, a war room on Covid-19 was opened at the Chief Secretary’s office. Chief Minister of Nagaland had also in a tweet appealed to the citizen not to panic.