3 Guwahati COVID-19 patients have no travel history: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday, addressing a press conference informed that the three positive COVID-19 patients in Guwahati have no travel history. Sarma has urged the citizens to remain alert. He appealed the people to immediately rush to the hospital if anyone is suffering from cough, fever and diarrhea. A post graduate […]

BREAKING | Four new COVID-19 cases emerge in Guwahati

Four fresh cases of COVID-19 have been reported from Guwahati on Thursday. The total number of positive coronavirus cases in Assam now stands at 53. While three patients are from Guwahati, one had come from outside Assam and was in home quarantine. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “4 persons in Guwahati test #COVID19 […]

391 students finally reach Assam from Kota by special bus, quarantined

A total of 391 students from Assam, who were stranded in Kota in Rajasthan, have finally reached Guwahati. The students, who reached Assam in 18 special buses, reached Guwahati at around 3 am today. The students were taken straight to the quarantine facility at the Sarusajai Sports Complex where they were received by state health […]

All 389 students returning from Kota to be quarantined at Sarusajai in Guwahati

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that all 389 students coming from Kota will be quarantined at Sarusajai stadium in Guwahati irrespective of  whether they are showing any symptom of COVID-19 or not. The group of students will arrive on Sunday. Addressing the media Sarma said, “We will quarantine each one of […]

Two more COVID-19 patients discharged in Assam; total 11 cured

While the number of cases continues to rise in the region, the heartening part is that patients are also getting cured at a steady rate. Two COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the Mohendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital in Guwahati on Saturday. Both the patients hail from Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, a total of 9 patients from […]

Nagaland records first COVID-19 case; person from Dimapur tests positive at GMCH

Nagaland on Monday recorded its first COVID-19 case after a man from Dimapur, who was referred to Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) from a private hospital tested positive. State Health and family Welfare Secretary Kezonyu Yhomih informed Northeast Live that he is in touch with the superintendent of GMCH and has learnt that the condition […]

COVID-19: Athgaon Masjid in Guwahati declared containment zone

Athgaon Kabristan Masjid in Guwahati has emerged as a hotspot for COVID-19 cases in Assam. Speaking to media persons, Assam health and finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that around 100 people gathered at the mosque for a religious event on March 12. “We have ordered Kamrup (Metro) district administration to seal the mosque. The […]

COVID-19: Spanish Garden in Guwahati turned into containment zone for 14 days

The Assam government has turned the Spanish Garden apartment in Guwahati into a containment zone for the next 14 days with immediate effect after a resident of the apartment tested positive for COVID-19. Addressing a press meet in Guwahati, Assam health and finance minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Spanish Garden has become a containment […]

Assam’s first Coronavirus patient visited Hatigaon, Athgaon in Guwahati

The 52-year old man from Assam’s Karimganj district who has been tested positive for Coronavirus at Silchar Medical College and Hospital and reconfirmed at NIV, Pune stayed in Athgaon area in Guwahati on his way to home from Delhi. According to the reports, the person who is the first Coronavirus patient in the state went […]