Assam: COVID-19 patients take to streets alleging ‘no-food’ in care centre

The situation in one of the corona centres in Changsari has raised concerns in the COVID-19 fight in Assam. Owing to the lack of facilities in the COVID care centre with no food and bedsheets and drinking water, people of the centre have come out to the streets in the highway. This is a dangerous situation as all of these people are COVID-19 positive.

However, they have no choice as they are bereft of food and have resorted to buying food from the streets. In the video, a woman has raised the issue. "We have no food and that's why the roads are blocked. We will not go back without food". Another agitated person who too had come out from the COVID-19 centre said, "we have kids as well. So, far there has been no visit by the medical team. They treat us like dogs and throw things to us. What will our kids eat?"

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The Police have reached Changsari near the spot to control the situation however the people are too angry to go back.

Assam reported another spike of 1088 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the state’s total to 19,754, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed. A total of 649 out of 1088 confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in Guwahati alone.

Out of 19,754 total confirmed COVID-19 cases, 6,815 are active and 12,888 have been cured and discharged so far while death toll has gone up to 48.

The new deceased are Hira Devi (45) from Kamrup Metro and Pradip Kumar Sharma (75) from Tinsukia, as per the report of Death Audit Board of Assam.

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