Dima Hasao Deputy Commissioner Paul Barua tests COVID positive

HAFLONG: Dima Hasao Deputy Commissioner Paul Barua, who was detected negative in RAT earlier, has been detected COVID-19 positive by RT- PCR test, confirmed Joint Director, Dima Hasao Health Services, Dr Dipali Barman on Thursday.

Dr Barman said that Barua, after being detected positive, was being sent to Guwahati for better treatment. Talking to media, Dr Barman said that community transmission of COVID-19 had already started in the district of Dima Hasao. She appealed to the people of Dima Hasao not to venture out unnecessarily and to take proper precautions to avoid the infection. Meanwhile, the entire Deputy Commissioner office was sanitized and office will continue to function since there is no subordinate office at Haflong.

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