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Double mutant strain detected in patients who tested COVID positive at Dibrugarh airport
Recent samples of passengers taken at the airport are positive for B.1.617 strain or the Indian double mutant (L452R and E484Q) strain of SARS-COV-2, minsiter Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted.
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An official uses thermal screening device on Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the wake of coronavirus pandemic on his arrival at Dibrugarh Airport. (Photo| PTI) By PTI
GUWAHATI: The double mutant strain has been detected in some passengers who tested COVID-19 positive at Assam s Dibrugarh airport, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday.
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Over 300 passengers flee Silchar airport to avoid Covid test
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Over 300 passengers flee Silchar airport to avoid Covid test. Image Source: IANS News
Silchar, April 22 : Over 300 passengers, who had arrived at Assam s Silchar airport, escaped the mandatory testing for Covid-19, officials said on Thursday.
Southern Assam s Cachar district Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumit Sattawan said that they are collecting details of all the air travellers and then legal action would be taken against them. Action would be taken against the evading air passengers under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (disobedience to order), Sattawan told the media.
The Cachar district administration has launched an investigation into the matter.