Assam: Fully Vaccinated Government Employees Directed to Attend Office from Monday

M S Manivannan, Commissioner and Secretary of the General Administration Department, issued an order stating that the decision was made to ensure the smooth operation of government agencies.
Assam: Fully Vaccinated Government Employees Directed to Attend Office from Monday

Dispur:

The Assam state administration announced today that all the government employees who have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are directed to attend office from the 14th of June (tomorrow). 

M S Manivannan, Commissioner and Secretary of the General Administration Department, issued an order stating that the decision was made to ensure the smooth operation of government agencies.

"In order to ensure smooth functioning of government offices, all the employees of Government of Assam who has received both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine are hereby directed to attend office from 14/06/2021 regularly," he added. 

The fully vaccinated government employees however will have to adhere to the COVID-19 rules and regulations imposed by the government. 

"This has the approval of the competent authority," Manivannan said.

The Assam government prolonged the partial lockdown imposed owing to the spike of COVID-19 till June 15 on June 4.

The curfew was enforced from 1 p.m. until 5 a.m., with no individual movement permitted. Every day at 12 p.m., all stores and business enterprises to be closed. 

The death toll from Covid-19 in Assam increased to 3,915 on Saturday, with 42 more individuals succumbing to the disease, while 3,463 new cases pushed the total casloads to 4,57,330, according to the National Health Mission (NHM).

There are now 43,298 active cases in the state.

The NHM said that 5,600 patients recovered from coronavirus during the day, totaling the tally of recoveries to 4,08,770.

Seven more fatalities were recorded in the Jorhat district, four in Sivasagar and Sonitpur, and three in Golaghat and Kamrup Metropolitan districts. The total death toll presently stands at 1,347. 

According to the data, Assam had a positivity rate of 2.14 percent for the day. 

According to the NHM, 47,51,926 vaccine doses have been delivered to date, including 9,16,594 second doses.

On Saturday, a total of 85,251 persons were immunised, according to the report.

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