Aizawl, June 8 (TIWN) As a surge of Covid-19 cases continued in the state as well as neighbouring northeastern states, Mizoram on Monday announced re-imposition of the total lockdown for two more weeks, officials said.

The decision was taken after Chief Minister Zoramthanga convened a consultative meeting on the state’s COVID-19 situation with legislators, government officials, private hospital bodies, church leaders, village and local council members, special task forces and NGOs to discuss the way forward in their efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Follow coronavirus pandemic LIVE updates

At the meeting, it was decided that patients would be kept in institutional quarantine centres in most cases and home quarantine would be allowed only in extremely unavoidable cases. The state government has also raised the quarantine period from 14 days to 21 days.