Assam Chief Minister Calls Urgent Meeting Over Covid, Rules Out Lockdown
NDTV
Two Omicron cases have been detected in the state, and IIT Guwahati has been declared a containment zone after 60 people in the campus, most of them students, tested positive.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Bisawa Sarma has called for an urgent review meeting on Thursday on the Covid scenario in the state with positive cases shooting up five times within a week, detection of two Omicron cases, and IIT Guwahati being declared a containment zone after 60 people in the campus, most of them students, tested positive.
However, the Chief Minister has ruled out employing lockdown to fight the virus.
Talking to reporters in Dibrugarh, CM Sarma said, "The rising cases of COVID-19 is a matter of concern but there is no chance of lockdown in Assam. We will sit at Guwahati tomorrow to analyse the COVID-19 data of last one week and take decision regarding our next step."
Since December 30, 2021, at least 60 Covid positive cases have been detected at the IIT-Guwahati.
