Assam: Several top bureaucrats test COVID-19 positive

Several senior bureaucrats, including the Commissioner and Secretary to Assam Governor, have been tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on July 15^th, 2020.

Commissioner and Secretary to the Governor of Assam, S S Meenakshi Sundaram, his wife, and mother have been tested positive for COVID-19. They are undergoing treatment at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).

Oinam Sarankumar Singh, the Commissioner of Industries Department and also the MD of Assam Industrial Development Corporation, has also been tested positive for COVID-19, while Pabitra Ram Khaund, the secretary of the Transport, Industries and Commerce Departments is undergoing treatment at a hospital after he was tested positive for COVID-19.

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The PS to the Principal Secretary of the Chief Minister, Rajibuddin Ahmed has tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to a hospital for treatment, the official said. Additional Secretary of the Industries Department Isaan Bardalai has also tested positive.

Additional Chief Secretary and the Chairman of the Board of Revenue, V S Bhaskar’s cook has been also tested positive for COVID-19, the source said.

On the other hand, Adil Khan, Commissioner of Transport, has also been tested positive for the lethal virus.

Meanwhile, 608 police personnel have been tested COVID-19 positive across the state; of whom one died and 272 have been cured and discharged, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) G P Singh said on Twitter.

On Monday, the Senior Officers’ Colony, commonly known as IAS Colony, was partially sealed after it was declared a ‘Containment Zone’ for an indefinite period after four cases of COVID-19 were detected there.

The entire Raj Bhavan campus and its surrounding areas were declared a containment zone and sealed on July 4^th, 2020 after two members of the Governor’s Office tested COVID-19 positive.

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