Corona scare: Hailakandi hotels told to report arrival of visitors on daily basis

March 11: Amidst fear of Coronavirus outbreak, the Hailakandi district administration has asked the hotel owners of the district to provide information on visitors with travel history to the health authorities on a daily basis. In an order issued to this effect on Wednesday, Additional District Magistrate, EL Faihriem instructed the proprietors of hotels to report arrival of visitors with travel history to the Joint Director, Health Services on a daily basis as a precautionary measure in view of the Coronavirus disease prevalent in India and other parts of the world.

The district administration had directed Health officials to set up an isolation ward in the civil hospital as a precautionary measure to deal with any suspected case of Coronavirus. The directive came during a review meeting on Coronavirus chaired by Deputy Commissioner, Keerthi Jalli on Sunday. There is, however, no suspected case of Coronavirus in the district as yet.