Assam: Governor House declared containment zone after 2 employees tested COVID-19 positive

The Kamrup (Metro) district administration, Assam has declared the Governor House a containment zone after two employees were tested positive for COVID-19. This was confirmed by the Deputy Commissioner Biswajit Pegu. The employees are Saidur Rahman and Haricharan Dutta.

Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of the Kamrup (Metro) administration Ratan Saud and ADC Chinmoy Nath have been tested positive for the lethal virus.

Guwahati has witnessed a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases of late. Most of them have no travel history. Guwahati registered 195 COVID-19 cases on June 28^th, 172 on June 29^th, 380 on June 30^th, 378 cases on July 1^st, 238 cases on July 2^nd and 134 on July 3^rd, 2020

Also read: Assam: Guwahati Detects 134 COVID-19 Cases On July 3, State Tally Reaches 9799

Assam has crossed the 1000-mark in 60 days. It reported the first case on March 31st, 2020.

It is pertinent to mention that the Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi's visit to BTAD region defying the gudielines laid down by the Ministry of Home Affairs during the lockdown raised many questions and drew strong criticism.

The Governor had visited Kokrajhar on May 19th, 2020, and Udalguri on May 27th, 2020 to review the law and order situation. This was strongly criticised by the Assam Congress and Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary including others.

Also read: Assam Governor to visit Udalguri: Is BTAD exempted from Home Ministry guidelines?

Assam and the Northeast

Assam has the highest COVID-19 cases in the Northeast India followed by Tripura.

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