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Assam Reports Highest 1-Day Covid Spike Of 8,339 Cases, 15 Related Deaths
Assam on Wednesday reported the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row, with 8,339 people testing positive for the infection, pushing the tally to 6,70,128, Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said.
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Assam's Highest 1-Day Covid Spike Is Worrying Its Largest City Guwahati
Registering its highest single-day spike since the onset of the pandemic, Assam logged 8,072 Covid cases yesterday which pushed the state's tally to 6,61,789. The previous highest number of new cases on a single day were reported on Monday.
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Assam's Daily Covid Cases Rise Alarmingly In Last 10 Days, Half The Infections From Guwahati
Assam has been reporting a five-fold increase in daily Covid cases for the last 10 days, according to an analysis by NDTV.
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Over 50 Covid Cases In IIT-Guwahati In 6 Days, Restrictions Imposed
Over 50 people, including students and a faculty member, have tested positive for COVID-19 in IIT-Guwahati over the last six days, forcing the authorities to impose restrictions on the campus, an official said on Wednesday.
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IIT-Guwahati Develops Coating For Cloth Masks For Better Covid Protection
A team of researchers of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) has developed a coating to modify ordinary cloth or silk masks for better protection against aerosol-driven infections like COVID-19, the premier institute said.
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Assam To Use Voter Lists To Target 100 Per Cent Vaccination For Guwahati
The Assam government will use the voters' list and data from 1,204 polling booths across Guwahati to verify the Covid vaccination status of the city's residents and identify those who have yet to get the jab, Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said.
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IIT Guwahati Develops Low-Cost Sterilization Box For Disinfecting Household Items
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati have developed a low-cost sterilization box to disinfect small household items by combined heat and UV radiation to prevent COVID-19.
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Assam Turns Football Stadium Into 300-Bed Covid Hospital In 20 Days
A football stadium-turned 300-bed COVID-19 hospital was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday at Sarusajai Stadium complex in Guwahati in preparation for a potential third wave.
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Assam Covaxin Shortage Grows Into Crisis, Some Miss Second Dose Deadline
For the last five days, Baisistha Deka has been visiting the Hengrabari Medical Unit vaccine centre in Guwahati, the only permanent vaccine centre in the city that has access to Covaxin supplies, in the hope of getting his second dose.
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Ambubachi Mela In Assam's Kamakhya Temple Cancelled Again Due To Covid
Assam's famous Ambubachi festival, held annually at the iconic Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, has been cancelled for the second time in a row due to the raging coronavirus pandemic. The festival was to start from June 22.
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Caught On Camera, Horrific Assault Of Doctor By Family Of Covid Victim
A doctor at a coronavirus facility in Assam's Hojai, around 140 kilometres from Guwahati, was on Tuesday mercilessly punched, kicked, and pounded with metal trash cans and bricks, by the relatives of a Covid patient who had died allegedly due to oxyg
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Majendra Narzary, 4-Time Assam MLA, Dies Of Post-Covid Complications
Four-time Gossaigaon MLA Majendra Narzary died due to post-COVID complications at a state-run hospital in Guwahati on Wednesday, its doctors said.
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Assam Woman Offers To Breastfeed Newborns Who Lose Their Mother To Covid
A mother of a two-month-old girl in Guwahati has volunteered to breastfeed newborns in the city who have lost their mothers to coronavirus or those who can't feed the child as they are in isolation due to the disease.
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Assam Starts Special Covid Vaccination Drive For Transgenders
Thirty members of the transgender community got their first Covid vaccination dose in Guwahati on Friday. It was the first such step reported in the entire country, sources in the government told NDTV.
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Guwahati Press Club Asks Assam To Vaccinate Journalists On Priority
The Guwahati Press Club today wrote an SOS letter to Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma seeking a vaccination camp in the city for journalists older than 45.
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Assam Reports Highest 1-Day Covid Spike Of 8,339 Cases, 15 Related Deaths
Assam on Wednesday reported the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row, with 8,339 people testing positive for the infection, pushing the tally to 6,70,128, Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said.
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Assam's Highest 1-Day Covid Spike Is Worrying Its Largest City Guwahati
Registering its highest single-day spike since the onset of the pandemic, Assam logged 8,072 Covid cases yesterday which pushed the state's tally to 6,61,789. The previous highest number of new cases on a single day were reported on Monday.
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Assam's Daily Covid Cases Rise Alarmingly In Last 10 Days, Half The Infections From Guwahati
Assam has been reporting a five-fold increase in daily Covid cases for the last 10 days, according to an analysis by NDTV.
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Over 50 Covid Cases In IIT-Guwahati In 6 Days, Restrictions Imposed
Over 50 people, including students and a faculty member, have tested positive for COVID-19 in IIT-Guwahati over the last six days, forcing the authorities to impose restrictions on the campus, an official said on Wednesday.
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IIT-Guwahati Develops Coating For Cloth Masks For Better Covid Protection
A team of researchers of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) has developed a coating to modify ordinary cloth or silk masks for better protection against aerosol-driven infections like COVID-19, the premier institute said.
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Assam To Use Voter Lists To Target 100 Per Cent Vaccination For Guwahati
The Assam government will use the voters' list and data from 1,204 polling booths across Guwahati to verify the Covid vaccination status of the city's residents and identify those who have yet to get the jab, Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said.
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IIT Guwahati Develops Low-Cost Sterilization Box For Disinfecting Household Items
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati have developed a low-cost sterilization box to disinfect small household items by combined heat and UV radiation to prevent COVID-19.
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Assam Turns Football Stadium Into 300-Bed Covid Hospital In 20 Days
A football stadium-turned 300-bed COVID-19 hospital was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday at Sarusajai Stadium complex in Guwahati in preparation for a potential third wave.
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Assam Covaxin Shortage Grows Into Crisis, Some Miss Second Dose Deadline
For the last five days, Baisistha Deka has been visiting the Hengrabari Medical Unit vaccine centre in Guwahati, the only permanent vaccine centre in the city that has access to Covaxin supplies, in the hope of getting his second dose.
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Ambubachi Mela In Assam's Kamakhya Temple Cancelled Again Due To Covid
Assam's famous Ambubachi festival, held annually at the iconic Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, has been cancelled for the second time in a row due to the raging coronavirus pandemic. The festival was to start from June 22.
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Caught On Camera, Horrific Assault Of Doctor By Family Of Covid Victim
A doctor at a coronavirus facility in Assam's Hojai, around 140 kilometres from Guwahati, was on Tuesday mercilessly punched, kicked, and pounded with metal trash cans and bricks, by the relatives of a Covid patient who had died allegedly due to oxyg
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Majendra Narzary, 4-Time Assam MLA, Dies Of Post-Covid Complications
Four-time Gossaigaon MLA Majendra Narzary died due to post-COVID complications at a state-run hospital in Guwahati on Wednesday, its doctors said.
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Assam Woman Offers To Breastfeed Newborns Who Lose Their Mother To Covid
A mother of a two-month-old girl in Guwahati has volunteered to breastfeed newborns in the city who have lost their mothers to coronavirus or those who can't feed the child as they are in isolation due to the disease.
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Assam Starts Special Covid Vaccination Drive For Transgenders
Thirty members of the transgender community got their first Covid vaccination dose in Guwahati on Friday. It was the first such step reported in the entire country, sources in the government told NDTV.
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Guwahati Press Club Asks Assam To Vaccinate Journalists On Priority
The Guwahati Press Club today wrote an SOS letter to Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma seeking a vaccination camp in the city for journalists older than 45.
