Except Meghalaya, cases declining in NE states

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A day after the Centre deputed multi-disciplinary teams to five states, which includes three NE states of Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Manipur that are reporting increased number of Covid-19 cases, DoNER minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said there was progressive decline in the number of cases in the NE states, except Meghalaya.

The DoNER ministry, in a statement, said, The minister expressed satisfaction that all the NE states are catching up with national Average in terms of decline in positivity

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rate. Meghalaya is the only exception which witnessed a surge due to corona outbreak in a jail in district Ri-Bhoi.

Singh cautioned that decline in the active cases must be followed with greater thrust on vaccination and strict observance of corona protocol. He said he was in constant touch with all the eight chief ministers of NE states and whatever help is sought from the states is being promptly provided by the Centre.