District Magistrate Leh Sachin Kumar Vaishya issued an order regarding containment of Achinathang Yokma village on March 3.

 The order reads as:
1. Due to reporting of contact of corona case in Achinathang Yokma village, a containment zone comprising of whole Achinathang Yokma village is hereby notified.
 
2. The objective of this cluster containment is to stop transmission, morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19. Further, for active surveillance, the whole of containment zone shall be divided into sectors for the ASHA, Anganwadi workers and ANMs who will be performing active house to house surveillance daily in the containment zone from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. The trigger will be for IDSP identifying a cluster of influenza like illness or saviour acute respiratory symptom.
 
3. For supplies of essential/non-essential commodities within the containment zone, a committee of following officers is hereby constituted.

Tehsildar, Khaltse (8493083944) as Chairman, Block Medical Officer, Khaltse (9419371300) and Incharge Police Post, Khaltse (9419842012) as Members.  
 
4. The committee shall coordinate with the office of the District Magistrate for any requirements/emergencies of the containment zone. The helpline number for the control room established at DC office is 01982-257416.

5. Further, a Buffer Zone comprising of Achinathang Gongma is also hereby notified. The surveillance activities to be followed in the buffer zone are as follows:
 
Review of ILI/SARI cases reported in the last 14 days by the District Health officials to identify any missed case of COVID-19 in the community.
Enhanced passive surveillance for ILI and SARI cases in the buffer zone through the existing Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme.
In case of any identified case of ILI/SARI, a sample should be collected and sent to the designated laboratories for testing COVID-19.
 
All health facilities in the buffer zone will be listed as a part of the mapping exercise. All such facilities both in Government and private sector (including clinics) shall report clinically suspect cases of COVID-19 on a real-time basis (including “Nil” reports) to the control room at the district level. Measures such as personal hygiene, hand hygiene, social distancing to be enhanced through enhanced IEC activities in the buffer zone.
 
6. All the work places (both government & private) within the containment zone shall remain closed till further orders.
 
7. All the officers who have been assigned duties in SOP laid vide order no. DCL/PS/COVID-19/OO/2020 dated 05.03.2020 shall keep themselves prepared in advance.