GUWAHATI: Though the number of COVID-19 cases is rising in Assam, community transmission has not yet taken place in the State, said minister of State for health and family welfare Pijush Hazarika. Minister Hazarika asserted that most of the cases have been reported from the quarantine centres.
“Maximum cases have been reported from the hotels, guest houses and quarantine centres where we have kept the incoming people. Therefore, I can confidently say that community transmission has not started in Assam,” said Hazarika.
The minister urged everyone to strictly observe social distancing at the quarantine centres.
He also stated that besides testing the people in quarantine, tests are being done through the surveillance programme across the State.
