COVID-19 positive cases rise to 34 in Assam; 32 of 34 cases have Nizamuddin links

COVID-19 positive cases rise to 34 in Assam; 32 of 34 cases have Nizamuddin links

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: With the detection of two more corona positive cases in Morigaon district, the tally of COVID-19 cases has risen to 34 in Assam. While 32 of the corona positive cases have direct or indirect links with the Nizamuddin returnees to the State, one of the other two cases has a travel history to Saudi Arabia and the remaining one is a resident of Spanish Garden in Guwahati.

The Union Health Ministry has tagged five districts of the State – Golaghat, Goalpara, Morigaon, Nalbari and Dhubri – as corona hotspots. Of the 34 corona positive cases, nine are from Golaghat district, six from Morigaon district, and four each from Nalbari, Goalpara as well as Dhubri.

According to official sources, even after repeated appeals from the State administration, a section of the Nizamuddin returnees and their associates has not yet come forward on their own for corona test. “A few religious institutions in lower Assam and sar areas have not been extending support to the government’s fight against COVID-19. On the contrary, the ones in upper Assam have been extending full support to the government in the fight against the pandemic,” an official source said.

On the detection of fresh corona cases in the State, official sources blame it on a section of Nizamuddin returnees and their secondary associates like family members and others not coming forward for COVID-test. “A section of Islamic leaders simply want to deny the link between the Nizamuddin congregation and the outbreak of corona in Assam,” an official source said.

On the positive side, as many five corona positive patients – three from Goalpara and two from Morigaon – have been released after their full recovery. Moreover, none of the around 70,000 people of the State who returned from other States has tested corona positive.

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