Assam Health Minister Reaches Goalpara to Monitor COVID-19 Preparedness

Guwahati, April 5, 2020:

Assam Health & Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who has been leading the COVID-19 battle in the State on Sunday reached Goalpara to take stock of the situation.

After reporting three cases of COVID-19, Goalpara, along with the State, has prepared to cope with the illness in the district. Assam Health Minister today visited the civil hospital to check on the preparations and the status of the three COVID patients.

"The 200-bed Civil Hospital at Goalpara is lifeline for people here. To check preparedness on #Covid19 and also enquire about 3 positive patients, I visited the hospital today. Met doctors / staff to express our gratitude. Requested them to remain vigilant," tweeted Sarma.

He also said that the Assam Government has collected 105 swabs of the people who came in contact of the Guwahati COVID-19 patient.

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It may be mentioned here that Assam has seen a sudden spike in the cases of the deadly virus. Currently it has 26 cases, the latest one if from Cachar.

Sarma took to his Twitter handle to share the information late on Saturday night. “Alert ~ one more 

Assam Update: 

COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Assam after the Nizamuddin Markaz was declared as the “hotspot” in India. Except one COVID-19 patient in Assam, all the 25 cases are linked to this hotspot. It took just a few days for the number to increase from zero to 26 in the northeastern state.

The Health Minister on Saturday, while addressing a press conference said, “Yesterday, there were no cases, but several cases were detected in the evening, and in total, 5 more cases have been detected. Of the 5 new cases, 4 have connections to the Nizamuddin Dargah episode.”

Another case was detected Bamunigaon Boko Chaygaon Model Hospital. Mofizuddin 34, who was in quarantine. He was also a Nizamuddin Markaz Tabligh attendee. Locals intimated the Government about the case and later was shifted to the Mahendra Mohan Chandra Hospital (MMCH) in Guwahati for treatment, Sarma said.

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In Marigaon, Jamia Khatun who was quarantined at Sarusajai after her husband tested positive earlier, also tested positive later and is being treated in Sonapur now. Ashraf Ali from South Salmara got tested voluntarily after attending the Jamaat meet and was shifted to the MMCH after his result showed positive.

In Assam, 1,529 samples have been tested for the coronavirus as on Saturday. Out of these, 1,308 samples have been declared as negative. 25 are positive, and 196 results awaited.

It may be mentioned here that the Delhi-based headquarter of Tablighi Jamaat, an evangelical Muslim sect, in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area emerged as the new hotspot for coronavirus infection, after hundreds of cases surfaced, thereby posing as a threat across the country.

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