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Northeast doing better than rest of India in handling COVID-19: Jitendra Singh

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 20 2020 | 7:15 PM IST

The proactive steps taken by all the northeastern states, coupled with the liberal support offered by the Centre, has helped the region cope up better with the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the rest of India, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday.

Singh said the success of the measures taken by the northeastern states is evident from the fact that Sikkim and Nagaland do not have a single COVID-19 positive case till date, while Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram had one patient each, who have since recovered

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First Published: May 20 2020 | 7:14 PM IST

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