AIZAWL, Aug 7: Eighteen
drivers and handymen of
trucks stranded in north Mizoram, have tested positive
for COVID-19.
An official source said till this
morning, 320 samples of
stranded truckers and local people were tested and 18 truckers and a 12-year-old local boy
turned out to be positive.
Several trucks have been
stranded on the National
Highway-306 in Kolasib district, which is the economic
lifeline of the State, owing to
road repair works.
This has prompted the Kolasib district administration
to declare the stretch of the
highway between Sethawn
and Thingdawl villages as a
containment zone from 6 pm
on Thursday.
Kolasib Deputy Commissioner Dr H Lalthlangliana
told reporters that mass rapid
antigen tests were conducted on the stranded truckers
as well as the local villagers.
“So far, 18 truck drivers and
a 12-year-old boy of Sethawn
village have tested positive.
They have been shifted to the
COVID Care Centre at
Thingdawl and testing is continuing in the area,” he said.
“Those who came in close
contact with the positive persons but tested negative, are
being quarantined. There are
22 such people who have
been kept under observation,” he added.
The DC said that there are
still 572 trucks in the containment zone whose drivers and
handymen are yet to be tested.
Moreover, 107 Mizorambound trucks are also stranded at Lailapur in Assam, he said.
He said the truckers who
tested negative were allowed to leave the containment zone and 89 trucks
have already left.
Meanwhile, two new positive cases were detected in
Aizawl on Thursday night,
taking the State’s COVID-19
tally to 558, including 251 active cases. ~Assam Tribune
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