COVID-19 threat on the rise in Northeast India?

GUWAHATI: Even as another round of lockdowns is being imposed in the West to deal with the second wave of COVID-19 infections, some recent developments in the Northeast Indian state paint a rather disturbing picture. Although at first glance, it might seem like the COVID-19 threat has dwindled and arrangements are being made by the Centre to deliver a vaccine to each India, the phenomenon of COVID-19 refuses to disappear into the night.

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In Assam's Dibrugarh, many flight passengers have tested positive for the dreaded virus in recent times, prompting the local administration to call for stricter measures to contain the spread. Out of 37 cases detected today, 14 are airport passengers. The local administration, meanwhile, has admitted that an increasing number of inbound COVID-19 patients is indeed a problem.

A 50-year -old Covid-19 positive male passed away on 27 November at around 2:45 pm in his native place Innao, in Changlang district.

He was suffering from alcoholic liver disease and was detected as being Covid-19 positive on 26 November at the zonal general hospital in Tezu, as per health department officials. With this, the number of victims claimed by the virus rose to 52.

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Sikkim, one of the last states in India to report cases of the novel coronavirus, presently has the third-highest case fatality rate in the country.

The Northeast Indian state reported its first COVID case in late May. Case fatality rate or CFR is the ratio of Covid deaths to the total number of cases recorded. Sikkim recorded four more COVID-19 related deaths ON Saturday, taking the death toll in the State to 107.

Doctors, meanwhile, have blamed the lackadaisical attitude of the people for the increased fatality rate in the state.

In Arunachal Pradesh, 50-year -old positive male passed away on 27 November at around 2:45 pm in his native place Innao, in Changlang district, truly a sign that the incidence of deaths due to the COVID continues to be high.

With elections in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) as well as Assam Assembly looming large, eyes of health experts will now firmly be on the COVID-19 meter in Assam and other parts of the Northeast.

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