Assam earthquake: Priyanka Gandhi sends love and prayers to people of state ANI | Updated: Apr 28, 2021 11:12 IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has conveyed love and prayers to the people of Assam after a strong earthquake hit Sonitpur on Wednesday morning. To my sisters and brothers in Assam who are now dealing with the double blow of an earthquake and the rampaging second wave of COVID, I send you my love and prayers, Gandhi tweeted.
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Sonitpur, Assam at 7:51 am, the National Center for Seismology said. The epicenter of the quake was 43 km west of Tezpur at a depth of 17 kilometers.
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Maharashtra, Assam unlikely to start giving Covid vaccines to adults from May 1: Report
Rajasthan, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have also expressed their inability to kickstart the third phase of vaccination. A medic administers the second dose of Covishield vaccine to a woman in Gurugram. | PTI
The governments of Assam and Maharashtra on Monday said they were unlikely to begin vaccinating all adults from May 1 because of the unavailability of vaccines,
The Indian Express reported.
This came two days after four other states – Rajasthan, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand – also expressed their inability to kickstart the third phase of vaccination, alleging that the Centre had hijacked most of the stocks from manufacturers, leaving very little for them.
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Students of Cotton Collegiate School in Guwahati Test COVID Positive
Earlier this month, two schools of Guwahati the Kamrup (M) District- NPS International School and Jatiya Vidyalaya have been asked to shut down as a preventive measure
| 26 April 2021 6:45 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: With more than five schools in Kamrup (M) jurisdiction, the lastest school which came in contact with the deadly virus is the Cotton Collegiate School in Guwahati.
According to reports, 12 students of Cotton Collegiate Govt H.S School have tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the detection of COVID has created panic amongst the parents.
Earlier this month, in view of the detection of COVID-19 positive cases in two schools of Guwahati the Kamrup Metropolitan District as a preventive measure, has asked the school authority to close the school.