Fight against COVID-19: Assam Govt. makes slogan ‘ruthless quarantine with big human heart’

Guwahati, May 18: Given the increasing COVID-19 positive cases, the Assam Govt. has taken an initiative to facilitate all support to the people under the quarantine environment and makes a slogan ‘ruthless quarantine with big human heart’ by aiming to continue the fight against the deadly virus.

Assam Health Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that, Assam has coined the term ‘ruthless quarantine with human heart’ that means quarantine has to be quarantined and no compromise on that.

“But while in quarantine life should be easy, comfortable, food should be given, accommodation should be proper. We are going to pay for the hotel, food. Even he goes back to the home quarantine, the Assam government will bear the food of his entire quarantine period. We are going to quarantine for 1 lakh people,” Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

He further said that, the state Finance department has already held a meeting with the officials of the World Bank to allow the government to spend the saving money to manage the COVID-19 crisis.

The Assam Health minister also said that – “during the lockdown period, we have realized that, there are so many things we can do for the country. Atmanirbhar Bharat is in one goal post and managing COVID-19 is another goal post. Nobody changes the goal post.”

Assam has reported 106 positive cases for COVID-19 so far as two more persons from Cachar district were tested positive.