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Issue:1
Date:5
September,20
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STATE OF SIKKIM: INDIA’S COVID–19

EXCEPTION
By- Editor of Young Minds
4th September,2020
Almost six months ago, India’s northeastern state of Sikkim was put
on high alert along with six
other states in the country to
prevent the spread of the novel
coronavirus. Unlike the other
states of India, Sikkim was
considered more vulnerable
owing to its contiguity to
Bhutan, Nepal, and China,
where COVID-19 cases had
already been detected. In the
first week of April, a person
also died from the infection at
Kalimpong in West Bengal
which was only 70 kilometers from Sikkim.Clearly, danger was
knocking on Sikkim’s door and the state government started its fight
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against the disease weeks before the central government began issuing
advisories in this regard.
SD Dhakal, secretary to Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang,
was quoted by the media as saying that an action plan was being
implemented weeks ahead of the state being put on high alert in
March. He disclosed the slew of measures adopted to check the spread
of the virus in the border state.
The first step that was announced was the closure of tourist
destinations on
March 4 along Government of Sikkim
with hotels,
restaurants, NOTICE
cinema halls, Tourism of Sikkim
schools, and 4 September,2020
colleges, all of This notice is to inform the citizens of Sikkim and tourists
which were shut around the world that tourism is going to resume in Sikkim
down two weeks from 10 September,2020 as no new cases of COVID-19 have
later to prevent been reported. Sikkim government will take every preventive
large gatherings of measures for COVID-19. Tourist will pass through thermal
people. scanners at the airport, masks and sanitizer will also be
provided to tourist. Sikkim government ensures that every
All the entry hotel and tourist spots are taking every preventive measures
points along the and following social distancing.
state’s borders Bedu Singh Panth
Tourism minister
with the three
countries were sealed which included Nathu La along the India-China
border. Only two gates at Rangpo and Melli were allowed to function
as entry and exit points with West Bengal, with sufficient safeguards.
From January 29, health professionals were stationed at the border to
screen people who entered the state. All the 80 samples sent to
outstation laboratories for testing have come out negative for COVID-
19 so far. Sikkim is likely to have its first testing laboratory soon.
Raw materials and essential commodities are being transported with
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full precaution. The trucks carrying the items are

being sanitized at the borders. Transit camps for SPORTS
truck drivers commuting to the state have been set
up at every district. Local drivers are entrusted to NEWS:
drive the trucks from the inter-state border gates to Nearly 400 days since
different destinations. he played his last
match for
Meanwhile, the Sikkim
India,Mahendra Singh
Fast facts: government has also begun Dhoni has retired from
Around 95% of the process to bring back international cricket,
people who have been
sick with COVID-19 stranded students, patients, putting to an end both
to date has recovered and other people of the a storied career and
or are recovering.
state stranded in different months of speculation
parts of the country due to on his future.
the lockdown. State chief
secretary S C Gupta told
reporters that the task force constituted for this
purpose will implement a plan to bring back people
in stages. He pointed out that as many as 6,424
people from Sikkim have been stuck in different
cities around the country. As a prerequisite, they
would have to register with the Aarogya Setu
App launched by the central government to return WEATHER NEWS
to their home state.Besides, Sikkim, the three Date: 5 September,2020
Maximum
border states of Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, temperature:32°celsius
and Manipur in India’s Northeast have also been Minimum
temperature:26°celsius
declared free from COVID-19. The frontier • Partly cloudy
region has been less impacted by the virus • Wind:Light,6km/h
Sw
compared to other regions with 75 cases so far • Humidity:76%
out of a total of more than 46,000 in the entire • Sunrise/Sunset:6:02
am & 6:38pm
country. Most of the state governments in the
Northeast had swung into action quite early with
specific plans of action that began with the sealing
of their international and inter-state borders.
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“REOPENING OF SCHOOL AFTER LOCKDOWN”

says Shiv Vani Model Sr. Sec. School Principal
The latest threat to global health is the ongoing outbreak of the newly
discovered novel coronavirus or COVID-19. The pandemic has
affected students in so many ways like children dropping out of school,
can’t connect in online classes because of network or no network etc.
And reopening of school in this pandemic is a challenge for school
staff. But our school is planning to reopen school after lockdown
restrictions are eased by
government.
It’s been five months that
the teachers are
conducting online classes
for students. But as we all
know everything in world
has advantages and
disadvantages . Online
classes has been very
helpful in pandemic to
connect teachers and
students but there are also
the times when students
can’t join classes or
teachers is not able to
connect with students
because of network and
technical issues. They
cannot conduct practicals
or subjective exams in
online classes. So to
POSTER DEMONSTRATING THE DO-S AND DON’T-S OF COVID- overcome this situation
19 WHILE USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT
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our school will try to reopen school with certain standard operating
procedures issued by government. The government of India has
recommended only getting senior students or only 33% of students can
attend school, maintaining social distancing, always wearing face
masks and having sanitizer, not
overcrowding washrooms or
any part of the school and
reducing school hours or
having school only three times
a week. The school is trying
every different method to
prevent COVID-19 like having
plastic shield around benches
to avoid any contact, using
only digital learning and
minimising the use of papers,
having sanitizer at every corner
and the classroom of the
school. The school will also
provide masks for shoes and
gloves for hands, we are also
increasing nursing staff and
having thermometer and
oximeter to check student's
temperature and oxygen.
Those students who has any
chronic respiratory illness will
only be called when it is WHO recommends using hand sanitizer in
important. There will be COVID-19 situation
COVID-19 information
session every week in every classroom through smartclass. In this
session students will learn different things about COVID-19 by
healthcare workers. They will also tell how to clam and relax our
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mental health in this situation.

As we all no there is still no specific treatments or vaccines for
COVID-19.However,we can still go back to our daily lives with new
normal of wearing masks, sanitizing our hands and adopting social
distancing. We the school staff is working hard to get their students
back to school with every preventive measures. We as an active citizen
should also contribute to combat COVID-19 and accept this new
normal by doing these simple things.

MIGRANTS HAVE UNDERGONE

'TREMENDOUS SUFFERING' SAYS NARENDRA
MODI IN HIS RECENTN SPEECH
Prime minister Narendra Modi’s in his recent speech encourages
migrant workers. As we all are aware that migrant workers and
labourers have suffered tremendously
during the coronavirus pandemic and
the countrywide lockdown enforced to
contain it. But our PM Narendra Modi
encouraged migrant workers and
labourers to keep the faith by saying “I
am aware that the migrant workers
and labourers have undergone
'Tremendous Suffering' because of this
COVID-19 pandemic. Workers have
lost their work with not enough money to survive or no money. You
had to leave the place of your work which was your home too and
were forced to go back to your hometown. It has been many months
since you all are facing hardships and immense difficulties. But let me
tell you one thing life and time are like hill and valleys. All features
like hill and valleys makes the life. In life we come across
achievements which denotes progress and success, and deep valleys
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represent difficult times. But bad time too don’t last forever. There is a
saying 'when you see maximum darkness in the night, this night of
gloom and difficulties too shall pass and we will be embraced by the
new sunshine, full of hope, happiness, opportunities, good health as
well as wealth. The government of India is not leaving any stone
unturned in order to make sure that
things get back to normal. The
government is also figuring out new
schemes so that there are plenty of
employment opportunities as well.
The ministers and concerned offices
are working towards the welfare and
betterment of our labourers and
migrant workers.
But not only government can make
changes, we the people of India
have to move forward based on our
own abilities, in our own way, and
there is only one way to do it by
becoming ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat'
or 'Self-reliant India' jai hind, jaye Bharat”.
Prime minister announced a nationwide lockdown in March,
hundreds of migrant workers lost their jobs and home. But by this
speech of our Prime Minister the migrant workers have founded a ray
of light by becoming self-reliant or Atma-Nirbhar. As Self-reliance is
the key to overcome any crisis, even this COVID-19 pandemic.

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