GUWAHATI: Quarantine period of around 75 thousand in Assam will be over today. They were under quarantine in different parts of the state as a preventive measure against COVID19.
Earlier Assam health minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said that release of 75 thousand people from quarantine will be a big relief for Asha, ANM, MPW and other health workers.
So far, Assam has reported 28 COVID19 positive cases. On Wednesday, though no positive case was detected in the state, contact tracing of Tripura’s first COVID19 patient led to quarantine several people in Guwahati. The 44-year old woman from Tripura reportedly visited several sites in Guwahati and stayed at Hotel Sukhmani in Paltan Bazar area. The hotel has been sealed and the employees are under quarantine. A family of Panda of Kamakhya Devalaya has also been put under quarantine after it came to light that the woman had spent a night at their residence.
