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Over 100 People Hospitalised In Assam After Participating In Ritual Feast
More than 100 people fell ill after participating in a ritual feast in Assam's Goalpara district, a senior health department official said on Thursday.
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50 Students In Assam Rushed To Hospital After Taking Iron Folic Acid Pills
Altogether 50 students of two schools in Assam's Charaideo district were taken ill on Saturday purportedly after consuming iron-folic acid (IFA) tablets provided by Health department workers, official sources said.
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Assam Cancels Class 10, 12 Board Exams Due To Covid Situation
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the minister and attended by officials of the Health and Education departments, SEBA, AHSEC, All Assam Students' Union, All Bodo Students' Union, Asam Sahitya Sabha, Bodo Sahitya Sabha and other stakeholders.
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Bracing For A Spike, Assam Asks All Hospitals To Set Up Black Fungus Ward
With Black Fungus emerging as a major threat in several parts of the country, the Assam Health and Family Welfare Department has issued a directive aimed at preventing the condition and containing its spread.
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Assam Plans Priority Vaccination For Eminent People With Doorstep Service
Following the deaths of several eminent personalities in the second wave of COVID-19, the Assam health department has asked all district authorities to prepare lists of dignitaries in order to provide fast-track delivery of vaccines.
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Assam Decides To Set Up Covid ICUs For Children In All Districts
The Assam government has asked the state's health department to ramp up Covid care infrastructure for children. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while reviewing the state's preparedness to deal with the pandemic, said paediatric intensive care un
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'Unauthorised' Vaccination Centre Exposed In Assam, Probe Ordered
The Assam government has ordered an inquiry after a local news website exposed an "unauthorised" vaccination centre being run by some health department staff.
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Assam Minister Says No Covid For Days Till April 6, Data Says Otherwise: Report
Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that the state "did not have COVID-19" cases till April 6, the last day of three-phase state assembly poll, but the official data of his department showed that 2,624 persons had tested positive.
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98 More Air Passengers Flee Assam Hospital To Escape Virus Test
A total of 98 air passengers fled a hospital to avoid mandatory COVID-19 testing after landing at Silchar airport in Assam's Cachar district, a health department official said on Saturday.
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Mandatory Covid Test For Mumbai, Bengaluru Passengers Arriving In Assam
A day after Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that there is no COVID in the state and hence no need to wear mask now,the health and family welfare department Sunday issued fresh notifications for mandatory testing of air and train pas
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Assam Orders Probe After Covid Vaccine Found Frozen In Storage
The Assam Health Department had decided to send a batch of 100 vials of Covishield containing 1,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to a laboratory after this batch was found frozen in the vaccine storage unit of Silchar Medical College in the state's Cahchar district.
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Assam Chief Minister Reviews Plans To Reopen Schools Shut Due To Covid
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal met officials from the state's health and education departments on Tuesday to discuss reopening of schools that have been shut for over seven months because of the Covid pandemic
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Assam Public Service Commission Announces To Fill 637 Posts, Engineers Eligible
APSC has notified jobs for engineers. The Commission has announced 637 vacancies in Irrigation Department and Public Health Engineering Department for which graduate and diploma engineers are eligible. The last date for submission of application form is September 22.
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Over 60 Assam Cops Offer To Donate Plasma After Beating COVID-19
At a time when the state health department is facing a crunch of plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, 67 cops of Assam Police, who have been cured of coronavirus, have volunteered to donate plasma.
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Assam Health Workers "Borrow" Boats To Reach To Flood-Victims Amid COVID
As the flood situation in Assam is worsening each day, the state health department is sending out rural health teams to the affected areas. The team of doctors, nurses and health workers from rural health centre in flood-hit Morigaon districts are reaching out to the victims amid surging floodwaters.
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Over 100 People Hospitalised In Assam After Participating In Ritual Feast
More than 100 people fell ill after participating in a ritual feast in Assam's Goalpara district, a senior health department official said on Thursday.
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50 Students In Assam Rushed To Hospital After Taking Iron Folic Acid Pills
Altogether 50 students of two schools in Assam's Charaideo district were taken ill on Saturday purportedly after consuming iron-folic acid (IFA) tablets provided by Health department workers, official sources said.
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Assam Cancels Class 10, 12 Board Exams Due To Covid Situation
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the minister and attended by officials of the Health and Education departments, SEBA, AHSEC, All Assam Students' Union, All Bodo Students' Union, Asam Sahitya Sabha, Bodo Sahitya Sabha and other stakeholders.
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Bracing For A Spike, Assam Asks All Hospitals To Set Up Black Fungus Ward
With Black Fungus emerging as a major threat in several parts of the country, the Assam Health and Family Welfare Department has issued a directive aimed at preventing the condition and containing its spread.
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Assam Plans Priority Vaccination For Eminent People With Doorstep Service
Following the deaths of several eminent personalities in the second wave of COVID-19, the Assam health department has asked all district authorities to prepare lists of dignitaries in order to provide fast-track delivery of vaccines.
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Assam Decides To Set Up Covid ICUs For Children In All Districts
The Assam government has asked the state's health department to ramp up Covid care infrastructure for children. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while reviewing the state's preparedness to deal with the pandemic, said paediatric intensive care un
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'Unauthorised' Vaccination Centre Exposed In Assam, Probe Ordered
The Assam government has ordered an inquiry after a local news website exposed an "unauthorised" vaccination centre being run by some health department staff.
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Assam Minister Says No Covid For Days Till April 6, Data Says Otherwise: Report
Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that the state "did not have COVID-19" cases till April 6, the last day of three-phase state assembly poll, but the official data of his department showed that 2,624 persons had tested positive.
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98 More Air Passengers Flee Assam Hospital To Escape Virus Test
A total of 98 air passengers fled a hospital to avoid mandatory COVID-19 testing after landing at Silchar airport in Assam's Cachar district, a health department official said on Saturday.
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Mandatory Covid Test For Mumbai, Bengaluru Passengers Arriving In Assam
A day after Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that there is no COVID in the state and hence no need to wear mask now,the health and family welfare department Sunday issued fresh notifications for mandatory testing of air and train pas
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Assam Orders Probe After Covid Vaccine Found Frozen In Storage
The Assam Health Department had decided to send a batch of 100 vials of Covishield containing 1,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to a laboratory after this batch was found frozen in the vaccine storage unit of Silchar Medical College in the state's Cahchar district.
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Assam Chief Minister Reviews Plans To Reopen Schools Shut Due To Covid
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal met officials from the state's health and education departments on Tuesday to discuss reopening of schools that have been shut for over seven months because of the Covid pandemic
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Assam Public Service Commission Announces To Fill 637 Posts, Engineers Eligible
APSC has notified jobs for engineers. The Commission has announced 637 vacancies in Irrigation Department and Public Health Engineering Department for which graduate and diploma engineers are eligible. The last date for submission of application form is September 22.
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Over 60 Assam Cops Offer To Donate Plasma After Beating COVID-19
At a time when the state health department is facing a crunch of plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, 67 cops of Assam Police, who have been cured of coronavirus, have volunteered to donate plasma.
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Assam Health Workers "Borrow" Boats To Reach To Flood-Victims Amid COVID
As the flood situation in Assam is worsening each day, the state health department is sending out rural health teams to the affected areas. The team of doctors, nurses and health workers from rural health centre in flood-hit Morigaon districts are reaching out to the victims amid surging floodwaters.
