![]() However, it added that shops dealing with groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, animal fodder will be open up to 5 pm in districts showing high and moderate positivity rate and up to 4 pm in the districts showing improvement. of cold storages and warehouses will be up to 1 PM in districts showing moderate positivity rate and up to 4 pm in districts showing improvement in positivity rate," the notification said. the takeaway of food items from restaurants, dhabas and other eateries, the opening of sale counters, showrooms etc. ![]() "All workplaces, business/commercial establishments, dine-in restaurants, hotels, resorts, dhabas and other eateries. In other districts that are also showing improvement in COVID-19 cases, including - Dhubri, Kamrup(M), South Salmara, Majuli, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Udalguri, West Karbi Anglong, Dima, Hasao, Charaideo, Hailakandi, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Nalbari, Baksa, Bajali, Kamrup, Darang, Nagaon, Hojai, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, Cachar, Karimgam, Karbi Anglong, the curfew will be imposed from 5 pm to 5 am. Therefore the curfew time in these districts will be from 2 pm to 5 am. The government noted that rates of positive cases are moderate in five districts-Goalpara Morigaon, Jorhat, Sonitpur and Biswanath. As per a notification issued by Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASIDMA), curfew time will be round the clock in these districts, and all workplaces, business/commercial establishments, dine-in restaurants, hotels, resorts, Dhabas and other eateries, the takeaway of food items from restaurants/dhabas and other eateries, opening of sale counters, showrooms of cold storages and warehouses will be closed in these districts. Today, we have made arrangements to procure oxygen from there," he (function() ) Guwahati ( Assam), July 28 (ANI): Owing to their high coronavirus positivity rate, the Assam government has announced total lockdown in two districts- Golaghat and Lakhimpur-till further order. There is a new oxygen plant being set up in Bhutan. Speaking to reporters here, Sarma said there will be no shortage of Remdesivir as he requested drug manufacturer Sun Pharma to expedite the production at its Palasbari plant to 80,000 vials per week. NALBARI: Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that the state government has made arrangements to import oxygen from neighbouring Bhutan. ![]() The total closure of educational institutions in the state will be decided after May 2, he said. The way we are managing the things, I think the chance of lockdown in Assam is extremely rare," the minister said. So, there is no need for thinking about a lockdown. "But, everything is there in Assam as of now. There is a lockdown in Delhi because the Delhi CM himself said there is no oxygen. "When do we announce a lockdown? It is done when there is no oxygen, injection, medicine, kit in hospitals, then we get temporary relief by implementing lockdown." When asked about the possibility of lockdown in Assam, he said there is no necessity for any such drastic step at this moment. I believe we will be able to manage the COVID-19 crisis very fast like last year," Sarma said. He requested the company to scale up the production to ensure that there is no shortage in the state. When I visited the Sun Pharma plant at Palasbari this morning, I came to know that 80,000 Remdesivirs can be produced every week in Assam," he added. I did not know that Remdesivir was being manufactured in Assam. We were searching for Remdesivir across the world. The health minister visited Sun Pharma's Palasbari plant near Guwahati during the day. ![]() "The oxygen level that we are able to manage, I think there will not be any problem until several thousand patients arrive at the hospitals," he added. Sarma further said that the Assam government was not aware of an oxygen plant in Dimapur in Nagaland, and now it will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the neighbouring state for procurement.
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