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Assam declares 14 days lockdown in Kamrup Metro district

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In light of rise in COVID-19 cases, Assam government decided to impose a complete lockdown in the entire Kamrup Metropolitan district in Assam. The lockdown will begin from the midnight of June 28 for the next 14 days, state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on June 26. Weekend curfew will be enforced in Assam’s urban areas.

A 12-hour night-curfew – between 7 pm and 7 am – will be observed across the state from June 26 onwards. Medical stores will continue to remain open during the lockdown, Everything else will be shut. The Government also reimposed fresh lockdown in Guwahati from June 28. Invoking the Disaster Management Act 2005, the government issued a fresh order clamping “Total Lockdown” in Guwahati.

Assam is the worst-affected states in the northeast, with over 6,600 cases of COVID-19 recorded already. This comes at a time when India’s COVID-19 toll crosses 17,000 in 24 hours this morning. This is the largest single-day spike reported in India.

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