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 […]

COVID-19: MHA extends nationwide lockdown for two more weeks from May 4

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday extended the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus for a further period of two weeks beyond May 4. The current lockdown period is scheduled to end on May 3. The Home Ministry has issued new guidelines to regulate activities during extended lockdown period based on […]

Assam: Bongaigaon PHC sealed after two employees test COVID-19 positive

The Bongaigaon Block Primary Health Centre has been sealed after two employees of the PHC were tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, the Bongaigaon district administration has sealed the Bongaigaon PHC. Babita Basphor and Anupam Thakuriya, two members of the staff at the health centre tested positive for the deadly virus. With the employees of […]

Two more COVID-19 patients recovered in Meghalaya

Two more COVID-19 patients in Meghalaya have been declared recovered after they were found negative in the fresh test. The two COVID-19 patients admitted at the Shillong Civil Hospital have tested negative in two consecutive tests done after 14 days of isolation. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma informed that the 11th patient active patient has […]

Assam: Four including Nagaland’s first COVID-19 patient discharged from GMCH

Four patients, including the only COVID-19 patient from Nagaland, who was undergoing treatment at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has been discharged from the Hospital on Friday. Three other patients from different parts of Assam were also discharged today. Assam health minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma monitored the discharge of the patient at […]

Assam: Bongaigaon on alert after vegetable vendor test COVID-19 positive

Among the four patients tested COVID-19 positive in Assam’s Bongaigaon district on Thursday, one individual is a vegetable vendor. The vegetable vendor was doing business till Wednesday before he tested positive, which have raised serious concerns. Meanwhile, the health department is working relentlessly to ascertain the source from where the 4 persons who tested positive […]

Meghalaya to allow movement of citizens stranded in Northeast states from May 5

Meghalaya will permit the movement of state residents who are stranded in different parts of the Northeast. The move will come into effect from May 5. Those stranded outside Meghalaya can register online at- meghalayaonline.gov.in/covid. Helpline numbers have also been opened for the stranded state residents. The Helpline numbers are-81320-11037, 84330-38716, 97115-44148, 73385-50288. Registration will […]

Meghalaya: 2 more COVID-19 patient test negative in Shillong

Two more COVID-19 positive cases have tested negative in Shilong on Thursday, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said. The patients were being treated at the Civil hospital in the city and in the process of recovery. Sangma said that they will be tested again after 24 hours before declaring them as recovered. “Two more positive […]

Assam: Golaghat, Nalbari move out of Red Zone, go Green

People of Nalbari and Golaghat districts will have a big sigh of relief after Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today announced that the two districts will no longer remain Red zone districts and will be become Green. Sarma, who visited Nalbari to take stock of the situation arising out of the spread of the […]