Short Communication
Year: 2020 | Month: June | Volume: 10 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 213-217
Impact of COVID-19 in North Eastern States of India
Urmijyoti Deori1, Gitumoni Konwar2
1Assistant Professor, Royal School of Nursing, the Assam Royal Global University
2Dean cum Principal Royal School of Nursing, the Assam Royal Global University
Corresponding Author: Urmijyoti Deori
ABSTRACT
The first case of COVID-19 reported in December 2019 from the Wuhan city, China. As on 26 May 2020 the confirmed cases globally reached to 5,404,512 and 343, 514 deaths, whereas India has 138,845 confirmed cases and 4,021 deaths. The first COVID-19 case in North East India was detected on 24 March 2020 in Manipur in a 23 years old student returned from UK. As on 26 May 2020, Assam has 526, Tripura has194, Manipur has 39, Meghalaya has 14, Mizoram had 01,Arunachal Pradesh has 02, Sikkim has 01, and Nagaland has 03 confirmed cases. The government of India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a nationwide Lockdown on 24 March 2020 till 17 May 2020.Due to prolonged lockdown entire Northeast India is facing many difficulties and challenges. About 12.2 Crore people in India including Northeast lost their jobs in the month of April. There have been huge lose in the tea Industry, tourism Industry, agriculture and rural economy etc. Lockdown has also led to technological reform in the Northeast states. It has significantly improved people efficiency towards the use of Technology. To beat COVID-19; it is very essential that people maintain discipline and abide by the rules even after the lockdown. It is very important that people practice frequent hand washing and social distancing.
Key words: Coronavirus, COVID-19 impact, Lockdown, Northeast India