Новости за 02.07.2020

Assam's Covid-19 death toll reached 14 on Thursday even as the ministry of health and family welfare ranked the state among the top 15 states in terms of absolute number of recovered cases.

A high-level meeting chaired by health minister Naba Kishore Das on Thursday decided to start “plasma therapy” for treatment of Covid-19 patients.

In view of a steep rise in number of Covid-19 positive cases in the city, the state government on Thursday restricted entry of visitors to the state secretariat, the seat of power and other top offices like Kharavel Bhawan, Rajib Bhawan and Krushi Bhawan till July-end.

Three alleged drug traffickers were arrested in Noida while trying to smuggle 85 kg of cannabis into Delhi NCR, police said on Thursday.

The police have booked 20 persons including 12 unidentified under sections of IPC for allegedly kidnapping a man and then assaulting him over money dispute. The accused according to the complainant had thrown him out of speeding car on the highway.

Two school kids Sunay and Pushpak Bajaj, are distributing masks to those in need

Thermal checks, social distancing, Aarogya Setu App and masks are in place as the district administration gives the nod for reopening of public parks

Odisha reported two more Covid-19 fatalities on Thursday, taking the death toll due to the disease to 27 in the state, while the total tally rose to 7,545 with 229 fresh cases, a health department official said.

Assam remained among the top three states in the country with the highest infant mortality rate (IMR), the latest data of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India has revealed. The state, which is struggling to bring down its IMR, has recorded a decline by three points from 44 per 1,000 live births in 2017 to 41 per 1,000 live births in 2018.

The Assam flood scene turned grim on Wednesday with six more deaths, increasing the death toll to 33 in the state. So far, 21 districts have been hit by the deluge affecting over 14.95 lakh people.

Appreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) till the end of November, Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass said the move will benefit over 2 crore people in the state.

The Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) has said it is planning to produce prototypes and subsequently scale up its production through industry collaboration in its efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

Assam will make its Covid-19 testing pattern more aggressive on the instructions of Union home minister Amit shah who called up state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday to convey that the situation in Guwahati is critical.​