Amid ongoing extended nationwide lockdown in the view of COVID-19 pandemic, Kamrup (Metropolitan) district administration in Assam will issue e-passes in cases of medical emergency and essential duties. The district administration has shared the details of authorities and phone numbers in Social Media. It has urged the citizens to contact the following persons or authorities […]

Amidst the growing Coronavirus crisis in Assam, two COVID-19 patients who have recovered fully were discharged from the Sonapur Civil hospital today. The COVID-19 patients were released in presence of Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his deputy Pijush Hazarika. It may be mentioned that three COVID-19 patients were admitted to the Sonapur Civil hospital […]

Assam became the first state in the country to receive a consignment of medical supplies from China. The Assam health department has imported 50,000 PPE kits from Guangzhou, China. The special Blue Dart Boeing 752 cargo plane from Guangzhou carrying first consignment of 50,000 PPE kits landed Guwahati Airport on Wednesday evening. The special cargo […]

India’s tally of coronavirus cases has gone up to 11,933, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday. Out of the total tally, 10,197 cases are active while 1,344 patients have been cured/discharged and migrated, and 392 people have succumbed to the virus. According to the ministry, Maharashtra is the worst-affected state […]

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of lockdown till May 3, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued consolidated revised guidelines on measures to be taken by Ministries and Departments of Government of India, state and Union Territory governments and authorities for the containment of COVID-19. In the second phase […]

In a breather for Arunachal Pradesh, the lone positive COVID-19 patient from the frontier state has tested negative. As per reports accessed from the state health department the 31-year old male patient has tested negative after a third throat swab test was conducted today. The test was carried out at the Lahowal based ICMR testing […]

Meghalaya has reported six more COVID-19 positive cases after the first coronavirus patient from the state died on the wee hours of Wednesday. As many as 6 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the hill state, while 6 more samples are being re-tested. Among those who tested positive are family members of the […]

Nagaland Governor RN Ravi on Tuesday reviewed the situation in the State arising out of COVID-19 crisis. RN Ravi took stock of the preparedness in the State in battling COVID-19 crisis. Governor Ravi suggested the State Government to immediately set up a multi department COVID-19 War Room under the Chief Secretary. A crucial meeting was […]

As many as 2,000 contacts have been identified and 90 samples sent for tests as the state reported its first COVID-19 case on Monday evening. Addressing media persons after a cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said the focus of health authorities is to trace the primary contacts on a war footing. Stating that the […]

With the sharpest ever increase of 1,463 new positive COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours and 29 deaths, the total number of coronavirus cases in India on Tuesday climbed to 10,815, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It includes 1,189 cured and discharged, one migrated and 353 deaths. At present, there are […]