AIZAWL: Mizoram chief secretary Renu Sharma on Thursday chaired a meeting of health officials to review the Covid-19 situation in the state.
The meeting observed that there is no necessity to put restrictions and go beyond normal life as the state has not reported any case of a new Covid-19 variant (BF. 7).
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Mizoram has not reported Covid-19 cases for 17 consecutive days since December 13.
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The meeting also reviewed the mock drill conducted in all 11 districts in view of the possible spread of BF. 7.
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Although there is no need to panic and the necessity to impose lockdown restrictions, the meeting said strict adherence should be given to COVID-19 appropriate behaviour as travellers can come from BF. 7 infected states or countries.
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Wearing face masks, social distancing and washing hands should be strictly maintained, the meeting said.
The state has so far 2,38,964 COVID-19
positive cases 726 have succumbed to the infection.
More than 19.9 lakh samples have been tested for COVID-19.