90 Workers Covid Positive In Assam Team Estate, Now A Containment Zone

Assam on Wednesday reported 55 COVID-19 fatalities, the highest single-day deaths, pushing the total number of fatalities to 1,485, according to the government.

Ninety workers and staff members of a tea garden in upper Assam's Dibrugarh district have tested positive for coronavirus, forcing the district administration to declare it a containment zone.  The Dibrugarh district administration has shut down the Zaloni tea estate which falls under Tengakhat revenue circle. The Circle Officer of Tengakhat revenue circle, Medical Inspector of Plantations and officials from the health department has been rushed to the area to take stock of the situation. The garden hospital and the two vacant staff quarters have been turned into temporary isolation centers for the positive patients.