The Manipur government has closed all border entry points with Myanmar to prevent the spread of the Novel Coronavirus. The government has banned the entry of foreigners from these border checkpoints.
As per an order issued by the state home department, the government has banned the movement of people across the international border and shut all the gates along the Indo-Myanmar border at Moreh indefinitely.
On the other hand, the Mizoram government has alsosaid that it will seal the border with Myanmar and Bangladesh for therestriction of entry of foreigners to prevent the novel coronavirus into thestate.
Meanwhile, the Arunachal Government has also stoppedissuing Protected Area Permits (PAP)s temporarily to check the spread ofcoronavirus.
The officials said that foreigners need PAPs toenter the state that shares a border with China and it has been directed by thestate Chief Secretary to all the PAP-issuing authorities to stop giving thepermits till further orders.
Moreover, at least 400 people in Assam have beenquarantined after they came in contact with a US tourist who has been testedpositive of Covid-19 in Bhutan after travelling from Guwahati.
After the US tourist tested positive of the virus,the Bhutan government also shut its borders to foreign visitors for two weeksin an effort to limit the impact of the disease.
