Hailakandi administration sets up more quarantine facilities to accommodate returnees

To cope up with the ever-increasing returnees from different parts of the country, the Hailakandi district administration has set up additional quarantine facilities to put people under quarantine. Ever since assuming office almost a week ago, Deputy Commissioner, MN Dahal has initiated additional quarantine facilities in schools and colleges and to strengthen the existing centers and isolation wards in hospitals. 

Additional Deputy Commissioner, Health, EL Faihraem revealed that the administration has geared up to enhance the capacity of the institutional quarantine centres and setting up new 'Dedicated COVID Care Health Centers' to put the incoming people from different parts of the country under quarantine.

"We have a present bed strength of 1,000 with provisions for another 1,000 to accommodate the stranded people coming back home from different parts of the country," added Faihraem. 

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Keeping in view the return of a large number of amid the ongoing COVID-19-induced lockdown from outside the district in the coming days and possible shortage of places to quarantine them,  the administration is mulling converting the abandoned houses or government quarters into quarantine facilities, said an official. 

"Such abandoned houses or official quarters can be cleaned up, sanitised and converted to serve as quarantine centres in addition to the quarantine facilities in school and college buildings, the official added.

"This sprawling ground will be turned into a facilitation cum screening camp to screen the persons coming to their home district from different parts of the country either by bus or by train or other modes of transport," said District Development Commissioner, Vikram Dev Sharma, who was present during the inspection of the site. 

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