India has recorded a massive spike in the number of COVID-19 positive cases in a single day. As many as 227 positive cases has been reported in the last 24 hours. This is the highest single-day surge that the Country has witnessed since the outbreak of the deadly disease. With this spike, the total number […]

The number of people from Assam who attended the Tabligh-e-Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin in Delhi has been found to be over 450. The Assam Government has received another list of 157 persons from Assam who were near the hotspot at Nizamuddin Dargah. Earlier, the state government received a list of 299 persons who attended the […]

Close to 30 persons have tested positive so far after attending a religious congregation between March 13 and March 15 in South Delhi’s Nizamuddin area. This was confirmed by the Union Health Ministry, which is busy in contact tracing and quarantining the COVID-19 suspects in different parts of the country. According to reports, over 2,000 […]

The Assam Government has decided to provide free rice to around 58 lakh BPL families of the state amid ongoing 21-day nationwide necessitated by Coronavirus scare. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday. From April 1, the 58 lakh households will be provided with free rice […]

India is in “local transmission stage” of coronavirus and the total number of confirmed cases at 1,071, Health Ministry said on Monday. “The country is still in the local transmission stage and if it reaches the community transmission stage, the Health Ministry will admit it,” said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary in Health Ministry. He also […]

The Manipur government is all set to build a new 200-bed quarantine centre in Imphal West within the next two weeks. The quarantine centre in Imphal West will be built as part of capacity building measures in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. The 200-bedded quarantine centre will come up at Langthabal Phumlou Loukul. The […]

In a major boost to Assam, laboratory at the Fakruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital in Barpeta has been accredited by the India Council for Medical Research (ICMR) for COVID-19 testing. With this, the Medical College in Barpeta has become the fifth COVID-19 testing Centre in Assam. Other than the Medical College in Barpeta, […]

As the Assam Health Department continues to step up measures to tackle any possible outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 disease, construction work of the massive quarantine facility at Sarusajai Sports Complex in Guwahati, is nearing completion. Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday visited the stadium-turned-hospital to take stock of the preparations. The quarantine facility […]

The Assam Police has launched a helpline number for the people who are stranded outside the state during the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown in the wake of Coronavirus outbreak. The stranded people can reach out to Assam Police through a WhatsApp number—9435215029. Police will try to help the people in their ordeal if they mention […]

The Indian Railways is converting train coaches into isolation wards to prepare for a fight against coronavirus to meet the increasing demand for beds. As part of this initiative, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has started converting coaches into isolation wards at the Coach Maintenance Depot in Kamakhya and Guwahati after consulting medical professionals at […]