ANI. "After recording a test positivity rate over 5% for a few days, we held a meeting with stakeholders for the implementation of lockdown in the district.
We have given a recommendation to the state government for a complete lockdown for a week," Potom said. Earlier last week, the Centre had rushed multi-disciplinary teams to six states, including Arunachal Pradesh, for Covid-19 control and containment measures, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed.
As per the state health ministry, Arunachal Pradesh reported 478 new Covid-19 cases after conducting 5,818 tests on Saturday.
The positivity rate stands at 8.22%. As many as 39,563 positivity cases have been reported in the state so far, including 35,634 recoveries