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Two COVID-19 patients have been discharged from hospital. With this total active cases in Assam stand at 7. Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had sent out a tweet on this.
Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa said that the state has sufficient ICU beds and quarantine centres, PPE kits and COVID-19 facilities. He said during a press conference that Assam is in talks with Centre to rescue stranded citizens outside state and a workable solution might soon arrive. Sarma also said that Government employees will also get their full salary in the month of May. They will receive this on 8 May
There has been 80% drop in GST revenue collection this Apr compared to Apr 2019, informed Himanta Biswa Sarma during a press conference. The collection in April 2019 was Rs 932.36 cr April 2019 and this year it is Rs 193 crore in the same month. However, Government employees will get full salary in May month. On the 8th of the month the salary will be received. Some austerity measures such as organising conferences, fair; staying at 5 star hotels; spendings government resources, traveling first class has been taken looking at economic situation in the country. Sarma also said that he is discussing ways to streamline education within lockdown period.
Tripura has become the fifth North Eastern state to become coronavirus free. The Centre has declared five of the eight northeast states — Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura — coronavirus free.
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has urged Union Home Minister to facilitate transport that can bring back stranded students in different parts of the country back to state. Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath informed that the request got a positive response from Shah.
The Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) has sought CM Sarbananda Sonowal’s intervention in making sure that tea garden workers must get their full wages amid lockdown caused due to coronavirus pandemic. The association said that the CM must take action against Golaghat based tea planters’ association for publishing “false reports” citing Rs 1200 crore loss for tea industry amid lockdown. This was done to evade payment to workers, the association claims.
CRPF sub-inspector who was a resident of Assam’s Barpeta district has died from coronavirus in Delhi. SI Ikram Hussain was posted with 31st Battalion of the CRPF in Noida. He contracted the infection from a nursing staff within the force. He died due to “breathlessness” on Tuesday at Safdarjung hospital in New Delhi.
Manipur police has booked several people who had criticised the government on the way COVID-19 pandemic was handled in the state. People have been booked under sections of Disaster Management Act and Indian Penal Code. In Imphal West, 10 cases were there. Three cases were there where people were charged with sedition.
The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad Sangma inaugurated a telemedicine facility in Shillong. He tweeted,”Inaugurated the #Telemedicine facility at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong. Use of technology for health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication is crucial in our fight against #COVID19.”
Actor Irrfan Khan is no more. He breathed is last on Wednesday. The actor was 53 years old. He is survived by wife Sutapa Sikder, and sons Babil and Ayan. He was admitted to Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital due to a colon infection, his spokesperson said