SHILLONG, APR 25: Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong has hinted that the state government’s plan to bring back all citizens including students, who are stranded across the country due to the nationwide lockdown to combat COVID-19.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Tynsong said that the government has directed all the deputy commissioners to constitute ‘village health team (VHT)’ in every villages in their respective districts.
“This is one of the precuationary measures taken by government down at the village level to monitor all people (presently stranded in the different parts of the country) who are coming back from outside as we will not know who may be the carrier of the virus. However, even if some of them are carrier also, the objective will be to prevent the spread of the disease,” he said.
The village health team will comprise of a headman, an ASHA worker, an ANM nurse and a school teacher.
According to Tynsong, the team will monitor and to inform the district administration and District Medical & Health Officer (DM&HO) if there is a suspected case in their respective jurisdiction.
“We have ordered the DCs to ensure the immediate functioning of the village health team,” he added.
Meanwhile, Tynsong informed that a total of 10,288 people who are stranded across the country have registered with the government.
Of this, 2719 are stranded in Karnataka, 2104 Assam, 1164 Tamil Nadu, 687 Maharashtra, 642 West Bengal, 531 Delhi, 350 Telangana, 254 Kerala, 201 Rajasthan, 194 Gujarat, 194 Uttar Pradesh, 175 Andra Pradesh, 164 Uttarakhand, 120 Haryana, 101 Bihar, 101 Goa, 94 Arunachal Pradesh, 81 Manipur, 78 Madhya Pradesh, 58 Punjab, 56 Nagaland, 51 Pondicherry, 40 Mizoram, 35 Tripura, 21 Odissa, 19 Sikkim, 16 Himachal Pradesh, 15 Jharkhand, 7 Chandigarh, 7 Chattisgarh, 4 Andaman & Nicobar Island.
He said of these, 7288 have been provided with financial assistance of Rs 3,000 each till today.
By Our Reporter
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