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This section shares the currently prevailing COVID-19 information which are gathered from different verified news sources.
Traveller, returning to Assam within 96 hours shall not undergo 10 days Quarantine :...
Health & Family Welfare Department of Government of Assam has issued guidelines for people, travelling outside of Assam, after the Ministry of...
Schools to partially re-open from 21st September: Check Complete details
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday, announced SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for a partial reopening of schools, exclusively for the students...
BDR Pharma plans to launch 400 mg Favipiravir Tablets to treat COVID-19 Patients
Indian drug firm, BDR Pharmaceuticals on Friday( 4/9/2020), informed that they are planning to launch 400 mg Favipiravir tablets, that will be...
Guwahati High Court directs Assam Government to penalize people without masks in public places
Guwahati High Court has directed the Assam Government to penalize the people, who are not wearing masks and violating the COVID-19 guidelines,...
Information from Cachar Administration about various aspects of COVID-19
Silchar Medical College & Hospital (SMCH) has been held to be the second largest source of plasma donors after Guwahati Medical College...
Patients in SMCH test negative for COVID-19 but show clinical features of the disease...
Three patients including two doctors were diagnosed with clinical symptoms of Pneumonia, similar to COVID-19, inspite of being tested negative twice in...
WHO recommends steroids for critically serious COVID-19 patients
The World Health Organization, on Wednesday (2nd September, 2020), issued new treatment guidelines, strongly recommending steroids to treat COVID-19 patients, who are...
“ICU facility in SMCH to be expanded very soon” says Cachar DC, Keerthi Jalli,...
The Deputy Commissioner of Cachar, Keerthi Jalli, IAS has announced on Tuesday (1st September, 2020), that ICU facility in Silchar Medical College...
UNLOCK 4.0: School, colleges to remain closed till 30th September
Unlock 4.0 will come into effect from September 1st, 2020. Many activities would be re-opened again in unlock 4.0. However, the containment...
An unprecedented rise in testing, India crosses a peak of 4 cr tests
On Saturday (29/08/2020) India crossed a record upsurge of 4 crore testes with 9 lacks tests conducted in three consecutive days.
