The decision in this regard was taken during a meeting chaired by Health Minister Dr R Lalthangliana during the day, the official said. He said a massive secondary contact tracing exercise will be launched and frontline workers will be tested during the lockdown period. Besides, random sampling will be done, the official said. Mizoram registered its highest single-day spike of 64 COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The northeastern state's case load has risen to 777, of which 406 cases are active while 371 people have been cured of the disease.
A total of 49 local transmission cases have been reported in the state so far, health officials said.