Kohima: Nagaland is facing shortage of thermal scanner machines in two check gates bordering Manipur for screening people crossing the inter-state boundary, a senior official said.
Deputy Director of Health department Dr Nyan Kikon said, with the decision of screening passengers in Dimapur railway station to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus, there was a dearth of thermal scanners in Khuzama and Wokha check gates.
There are 14 inter-state check gates in Nagaland.
However, the state has already placed orders for procuring thermal scanners and it would be supplied to all the check gates very soon, the official said.
Thermal cameras use heat sensors to record temperature generated by a person and thermal screening is done to screen higher body temperature related to infections that can cause an epidemic.
With Manipur reporting its first coronavirus positive case, a prominent youth organization of Southern Angami region in Nagaland, had put up a road blockade on NH 2 on Wednesday in protest against the shortage of thermal scanners at Khuzama check gate. (PTI)
