Kohima:The Kohima bench of the Gauhati High Court directed the Nagaland government to set up at least two COVID-9 testing laboratories within the next ten days.
The bench of Justice Songkhupchung Serto and Justice S Hukato Swu on Tuesday directed the state government to make two labs functional within ten days and make every effort to set up testing labs at strategic places to facilitate free testing for COVID-19 in the future.
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The direction was given by the court on a PIL filed by Kikrukhonuo, a resident of Kohima.
Nagaland does not have any COVID-19 testing lab and the samples are sent to Assam and Manipur for testing.
Till 3 pm on Tuesday, 639 samples were collected and sent for testing. Of them, reports of 620 samples came in as negative, while reports of 19 are awaited.
Nagaland has not reported any COVID-19 case, while a person from Dimapur tested positive in Assam and is undergoing treatment at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.