Assam has surplus oxygen supply, no scarcity of ICU beds: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday assured that the state has surplus supply of oxygen and is in a comfortable situation at least for the next 10 days. Addressing a press meet in Guwahati, Sarma informed that the state currently is consuming around 20 Metric Tonnes (MT) of oxygen. The total […]

Indian double mutant strain of COVID-19 detected in Assam

Amid an uptick in COVID-19 infections, Assam on Thursday recorded the first instance of the Indian double mutant strain of SARS-Cov-2 in the state. This was informed by State health and finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The double mutant strain B.1.617 was detected among the samples collected from passengers who landed at the Dibrugarh airport. […]

Guwahati: Dist admin authorised to shut educational institutions if caseload touches 1,000, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday informed that a decision on closing down educational institutions and hostels in Guwahati will be taken by the Kamrup (M) district administration if the daily caseload in the city touches 1,000-mark. “In case the daily case rate in Guwahati Metro touches 1,000, the district administration has been […]

COVID-19 vaccine free for all between 18 and 45 years of age in Assam

Coronavirus vaccines will be available for free for all between 18 and 45 years in Assam. The announcement was made by Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma via his Twitter account on Tuesday. Sarma informed that the State government has decided to utilize the funds collected in Assam Arogya Nidhi for procuring COVID-19 vaccines […]

Assam CM Sonowal holds review meeting on COVID-19 situation

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday chaired a key meeting with Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other senior officials to review the COVID-19 situation. DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, chief secretary Jishnu Barua were also present in the meeting. Taking to Twitter Sonowal informed, “Discussed the roadmap ahead to combat the ongoing #COVID19 situation […]

Assam registers biggest single-day COVID-19 spike, over 16 lakh beneficiaries inoculated

As the country struggles with the second wave of Coronavirus, Assam on Monday registered its biggest-ever single-day spike this year, with over 1,300 positive cases. As many as 1,367 COVID-19 positive cases have been detected out of 65,410 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate was recorded at 2.09 percent. Of the […]

Former PM Manmohan Singh tests positive for COVID-19, Himanta Biswa prays for his speedy recovery

Former Prime Minister and veteran Congress leader Manmohan Singh has tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. Singh has been shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi after testing positive for coronavirus. The former Prime Minister was having fever since Sunday evening. Earlier yesterday, Manmohan Singh wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

Primary schools to be closed in districts exceeding 100 Covid cases: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the State government has given full authority to the district administration heads to shut down all primary schools wherein on an average positive COVID-19 cases exceeds over 100. However, in the districts where the number of victims is less, schools will not be […]

Over 5 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses in Assam’s stock, informs Himanta Biswa Sarma

With the surge in COVID-19 infections across the country, Assam is ramping up efforts to vaccinate more and more people in the state. Assam has a stock of 3.25 lakh doses of Covishield and 2 lakh doses of Covaxin, informed Health and Finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday, while sharing the details of the […]