13 lakh yet to be inoculated with the first dose of vax in Assam

CM's Vigilance Cell Office and two schools declared as 'Containment Zones'

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The administration of Kamrup (Metro) District, on Thursday, declared the first new containment zone in city after a long gap following the second phase of the COVID-19 induced pandemic. Besides, two city schools – the Kamakhya High School, Maligaon, and also the Garigaon Balika Muktab have been also declared as 'Micro-Containment Zones after a few teachers were found to be COVID positive.

This decision was taken following the detection of 11 fresh cases of COVID-19 — including the SP (Superintendent of Police) in the office of the CM's (Chief Minister's) Special Vigilance Cell — stationed in the Rupnagar SP office here on Thursday.

Sources informed that the containment period will continue for seven days. The four boundaries of the containment zone comprise the ASTC Workshop (North), GMC Road (South), Srimantapur Road (East), and the Rupnagar Main Road area (West).

According to sources, an alert has been sounded following the detection of these new Coronavirus cases among 11 staffers of the SP's office.

Sources added, "During the last few days, the highest number of COVID-19 cases were detected in Kamrup (M). For instance, 75 Coronavirus cases were logged on October 27; 162 on October 26; 104 on October 25; and 43 active COVID cases on October 24 from across the State.

A top source in the Directorate of Health Service said, "Approximately 13 lakh people across the State are yet to be administered the first dose of anti-COVID vaccine across the district. Of them, a section includes the women who are going Nature's way; and those suffering from various ailments. However, the major cause of concern is that the major chunk of the city's pop[uation have ignored the repeated appeals of the government to go for vaccination."

The source pointed out, "We targeted 2.28 crore to be vaccinated on the base of the current voters' list", adding that "as on Wednesday, altogether 2 crores of these people have been inoculated with the first dose of vax."

The source further stated, "Of them, around 3.60 lakh (registered in the latest voters' list of the State) have been deleted from the list as 'natural casualty cases'. Besides, around 9.60 lakh of the registered voters migrated to various States for various personal reasons."

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