SP Office in Arunachal Pradesh's Capital Complex region has been sealed

* Woman constable tests COVID-19 positive

* Arunachal tally rises to 276 with six new cases

* While 105 persons have recovered; two patients died

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ITANAGAR: The office of the Superintendent of Police in Arunachal Pradesh's Capital Complex region, where a week-long total lockdown is underway, has been sealed after a woman constable deployed there tested positive for COVID-19, a top police officer said on Wednesday.

Director General of Police (DGP), RP Upadhaya, said that the Capital Complex SP office was sealed on Tuesday evening and its 80 staff members will be tested for COVID-19 during the day.

"The office will reopen only after proper disinfection of the building and campus," he said.

The north-eastern State has recorded six fresh coronavirus cases, taking its tally to 276, State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa said. As many as five of the six new cases, including the woman constable, were reported from the Capital Complex region comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli, Banderdewa and Doimukh areas while the other fresh case has been detected in the Namsai district.

While three of the new patients are returnees from other States, one is a health worker at the State-run Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) in Naharlagun and the other a businessman, Dr Jampa pointed out.

Meanwhile, 76 contacts of an eight-month-old baby, who died within hours of testing positive for COVID-19 at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) in Meghalaya after being referred from TRIHMS, have been traced, he added.

"The baby boy was diagnosed with disseminated tuberculosis and central nervous system (CNS) complications; and was shifted from TRIHMS on July 5. Both his parents and another relative have tested negative for the infection at the NEIGRIHMS. While samples of all the 76 contacts have been traced; samples of 60 among them have been collected and sent for tests," Dr Jampa said.

On the other hand, 13 more people have recovered from the disease and have been advised to go for two-weeks strict home quarantine. There are now 169 active cases in the State; 105 people have recovered and two patients have died, the official said, adding that 28,072 samples have been tested so far. A week-long total lockdown has been imposed in Capital Complex on July 6 after the region witnessed a spike in the number of cases.

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