Five of the eight northeast states - Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura - have been declared coronavirus-free by the central government.
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Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram had 8, 11 and 1 Covid-19 cases respectively, and were waiting for them to test negative, Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh said.
These states have not reported any new case in the last few days. "No new cases were added till Sunday night," Singh said.
The Minister also spoke about proposals received/under consideration from N-E states, like Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, for health-related projects devoted to management of infections and COVID-19 care, critical care and upgraded healthcare. "These projects will be dealt with priority," Singh said.
The DoNER Ministry had placed Rs 25 crore at the disposal of N-E states in the initial stage itself, much before the lockdown, as gap-funding for Covid-19-related activities.
Last week, the Sikkim government decided to keep its borders shut for tourists till October 2020. The government has said that it has been done to close all doors for the virus to enter the Himalayan state.
Sikkim Governor Ganga Prasad has stated that the decision to close the state border has been taken for the welfare of seven lakh people living in the region. The migrant labourers in the state are being taken care of by the government.
After the coronavirus lockdown is over, the government will put them in jobs.
As India remains in lockdown for over a month, the total number of cases reported in the country have surged past the 28,000-mark with 934 deaths.
The country is currently staring at lockdown 3.0 after the majority of chief ministers insisted to continue the lockdown to control the spread of virus.