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Mizoram Bans Entry of Vehicles Carrying Non-essential Goods after 18 Truck Drivers Test Covid-19 Positive
News 18The Mizoram government on Friday decided to ban entry of trucks and other vehicles carrying goods into the state after 18 truck drivers and handymen from outside tested positive for novel coronvirus, officials said. The meeting decided to temporarily ban entry of vehicles carrying commodities barring those carrying essential commodities at the existing two entry points in Vairengte on the Mizoram-Assam border and Kanhmun on the state border with Tripura until further order to prevent further spread of virus in the state, an official said. The cabinet expressed concern about 18 truck drivers and helpers stranded along the National Highway-306 between Hmangkhawthlir and Sethawn in Kolasib district, who tested positive for Covid-19, she said. The meeting also decided that drivers and handymen of the vehicles carrying essential items will have to undergo mandatory screening and Rapid Antigen Test at the entry points and they will be allowed to make inward movement to the state if they tested negative for the virus, she said.
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