Assam: MLA Rituparna Baruah tests COVID-19 positive

Lahowal MLA Rituparna Baruah has been tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, 30August,2020. Baruah came out positive in the Rapid Antigen Test conducted at Assam Assembly ahead of the assembly session to be started on August 31.

Menwhile, Assam hills area development minister Sum Ronghang has tested COVID-19 positive on 29^th August and is being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) at a private hospital in Guwahati.

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On the other hand, Haflong MLA Bhadra Hagjer has also been found positive for novel coronavirus.
Noteworthy, Ronghang is the first minister in the state to contract the virus.

During the two-day testing in the assembly, the reports of 14 persons, including a journalist and an MLA, have come out positive, another official said.

Out of the 20 legislators who have contracted the virus, 12 are from the BJP and four from its allies, including two from the AGP.

Former chief minister Tarun Gogoi had tested positive on August 25 and was admitted to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.

BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, too, tested positive for coronavirus.

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