Amid Covid-19 surge, Assam gears up for Bihu festival
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Tue, Apr 13 2021 18:21 IST |
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Guwahati, April 13 : Amid the Covid-19 surge, the people of Assam are geared up to celebrate Bohag Bihu or Rongali Bihu , the beginning of the Assamese New Year, even as the government imposed various Covid-related restrictions.
The number of Covid-19 cases have shot up by 732 per cent since the declaration of the three-phase Assembly elections held on March 27, April 1 and April 6.
According to the Assam health department, the Covid active cases were only 287 on February 26, when the Election Commission had declared the poll schedule for the 126-member Assam Legislative Assembly. The number of active cases climbed to 2,387 till Monday night, registering a 732 per cent hike.
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GUWAHATI: Healthcare workers in Assam, who have already received the jab, will start receiving the second dose of the vaccine shot from February 16. By that time, the state wants to administer the first dose to one lakh healthcare workers.
The vaccine shots are being given to beneficiaries in a phased manner, with about 1.9 lakh healthcare workers in the state being selected for the ongoing first phase. As of Sunday, 13,881 people have got vaccinated in Assam, though Tripura now has the highest number of beneficiaries (14,252) in northeast who have received the first shots till 8 am on Sunday. Around 3,000 healthcare workers have been vaccinated per day in the last couple of days of the vaccination drive in Assam.