Coronavirus: 1339 Persons Home Quarantined in Assam's Hailakandi

Strict surveillance and monitoring are being carried out and health workers are visiting the quarantined homes to see whether the inmates are following the guidelines or not. Police is enforcing the lockdown across the district and keeping a strict vigil so that there is no violation of the lockdown rules. At the moment, Hailakandi looked like a ghostly town with a eerie silence prevailing in the usually bustling town.

Constant miking is being done by the police and DIPRO across the district and announcements are also being made over the fixed loud speakers asking the people to remain indoors and to follow the lockdown guidelines for their own safety to thwart the Coronavirus menace.

In towns across the district, sanitation workers and personnel from the Fire and Emergency Services have begun spraying down all market places, including Herbertganj, Katlicherra and Panchgram. Fire tenders filled with low-concentration bleach-and-DDT-water solutions also drove through the streets. Disinfecting of the Deputy Commissioner's office and campus and other offices are being carried out to stop Coronavirus from spreading.

Instructions are being given to the groceries and vendors to maintain hygiene and social distancing and provide hand washing facility to the customers and employees of the shops. The administration also asked the groceries to engage minimum staff to run their shops and to display prominently the stock position as well as prices of essential commodities failing which it warned of stringent action as per provisions of law.

New public announcement systems have been installed at Herbertganj market, one in front of Sadar Police Station and Lakshmi Sahar by the Office of DIPRO with the help of district administration and APDCL so that people get to know the instructions from the government and administration during the lockdown period. The public announcement system would also be extended to other places.