Mizoram: Church halls to be used as COVID-19 Care Centres

Amid a shortage of health facilities for treating novel coronavirus patients in Mizoram, two local churches in the Christian majority state have offered their halls to the state government to be used as COVID-19 Care Centres.

Ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) legislator and state health and family welfare board vice-chairman Dr. Z R Thiamsanga said, two Presbyterian churches in Aizawl and the Electric Veng branch of the Young Mizo Association (YMA) have extended their help to the state government.
“The church leaders, community leaders, and the people are open-hearted. They set a good example by helping the government,” he said.

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The churches have been urged through Mizoram Kohhran Hruaitute Committee (MKHC) to offer their halls as CCCs as the government is facing a shortage of facilities for treating COVID-19 patients, especially in Aizawl, Thiamsanga said.

“The government will face a big problem if the number of COVID-19 patients increases,” the MLA said. A health official said that the government has set up six CCCs to treat 300 security personnel and has identified at least 33 buildings that may be converted into dedicated CCCs for keeping 1,500 patients.

“The government requires CCCs to accommodate at least 2,500 more patients,” the official said.

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