Schools to remain closed for a week in three Nagaland district due to rise of conjunctivitis cases

Three districts in Nagaland have shut schools for a week from Monday amid rising cases of conjunctivitis in the state, officials said.

Schools will remain closed in Dimapur, Chumoukedima and Nuiland till August 26, they said.

An Assam Rifles personnel, who returned to Phek



district from leave in July, reported the first case of conjunctivitis, state programme officer for the National Programme for Control of Blindness & Visual Impairment (NPCBVI) doctor Hoito Sema told PTI.

Since July 1, the state has reported 1,006 cases so far, which is the highest in recent history, he said.