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Imphal/Aizwal: Manipur and Mizoram governments have prohibited the cross border movements of people along India's border with Myanmar and Bangladesh alongside the two northeastern States as precautionary measures to prevent the possible spread of novel coronavirus, officials said on Tuesday. Moreh, in southern Manipur's Chandel district, is an old border trading post and is linked to Tamu in Sagaing in northwest Myanmar by the Indo-Myanmar Friendship Bridge. The meeting has also decided to set up checkpoints in 3 villages — Kaochao, Tlapi, and Tipi Ferry which located at inter-district borders. Four northeastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Assam share a 1,880 km border with Bangladesh, while Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh share 1,640-km of unfenced border with Myanmar. (IANS)Also Read: Coronavirus: Manipur puts off biometric attendance for one monthAlso Watch: Doul Govinda Temple agog as Holi begins.