The Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati had been declared a containment zone after 60 people there tested Covid-19 positive, according to Assam's District Disaster Management Authority.
"North Guwahati Revenue Circle has submitted a report on IIT Guwahati, where 60 persons were sick and tested positive for Covid-19 with details of their place of stay and their boundaries," said a statement by the authority on Wednesday.
"The North Guwahati police station will prepare the list of persons who came into direct contact or indirectly with the affected persons during their recent history and ensure sample collection of all the contacted personnel (directly or indirectly) by deploying medical persons," it added.
"It should also be ensured that the confirmed cases be isolated and given medical care," stated the press release.
"Rashmi Pratap, ACS, circle officer, North Guwahati Rev. Circle, will ensure that the orders promulgated under containment zone are strictly followed and no law and order situation arises thereof," the statement said. "She will also monitor the entire situation and ensure that proper facilities like food, sanitisers, health check-ups, collection of samples, etc go on unhindered."
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