COVID-19: Himanta Biswa Sarma visits Bongaigaon to take stock of preparedness

Assam Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday visited Bongaigaon along with Minister of State Pijush Hazarika to review the COVID-19 situation. The Health Minister took first-hand assessment of the containment zone and checked preparedness at the Quarantine facility in Bongaigaon Civil Hospital. Sarma advised the district administration to ensure proper care for the […]

12 more BSF jawans test positive for COVID-19 in Tripura

12 more jawans from the 138th unit of the Border Security Force, stationed at Ambassa in the Tripura’s Dhalai district have tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, a day after two jawans were found to have been infected with the deadly virus. With the 12 new cases, the total number of positive cases in the […]

Assam: Lockdown 3.0 begins today with ‘considerable relaxations’

The third phase of the lockdown with ‘considerable relaxations’ to contain the spread of COVID-19 has come into force from today in Assam. The country has been divided in three zones — Red, Orange and Green – based on coronavirus risk-profiling. The third phase has been marked by the relaxations stricter than those given by […]

Armed forces to conduct fly pasts, shower petals in gratitude to corona warriors on Sunday

The Armed Forces will conduct special activities on May 3 as a mark of gratitude towards doctors, medical staff and other front-line workers battling the COVID-19 outbreak. The special activities would be in honour of the COVID-19 warriors including doctors, sanitation workers, media and policemen, who continue to serve the country amid COVID-19 crisis. In […]

Assam govt releases helpline number for people stranded outside state

The Assam Government has put in place an elaborate plan to facilitate entry of people from the state who are stranded outside. Briefing media persons, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said those who want to return to the state can give a missed call at 7428159966, once following which they will get a link in […]

2 BSF jawans test positive for COVID-19 in Tripura

Two persons from Ambassa unit of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Tripura were found to be COVID-19 positive, taking the total number of positive cases to 4. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb informed that two more positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the state. Taking to Twitter, Deb wrote, “Alert! In […]

India’s COVID-19 toll-free number recorded 50,000 calls, highest in a day, in last week of March

India’s national toll-free helpline number (#1075) to address queries on COVID-19 had in the last week of March recorded up to 50,000 phone calls after Prime Minister Modi announced a nationwide lockdown in view of coronavirus. However, on an average 30,000 phone calls are being answered every day related to queries on coronavirus. The 24×7 […]

Two more from Assam test COVID-19 positive in Mumbai

Two persons hailing from Assam have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mumbai. Both positive individuals are cancer patients. Of the two cases one was detected at Assam House while the other one is staying at a guest house. Meanwhile, the individual who was tested positive at the Assam Bhawan has been admitted to a COVID-19 […]

India reports 77 deaths due to COVID-19 in last 24 hours

India on Friday reported the maximum number of 77 deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours as compared to 67 deaths on Thursday. As many as 1,755 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 35,365, said the Union Ministry of Health and […]