Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said the state is ready to implement the centre's standard operating procedure or SOP for holding NEET and JEE. However, he cautioned that the coronavirus crisis is still big threat and there are worries that even in Assam, which has one of lowest COVID-19 mortality rates in the country, the fatalities may increase. For the last 15 days Assam has been seeing a slight increase in positivity rate, and the number of patients on life support is also rising, Mr Sarma said.