Assam government on Tuesday announced to extend COVID-induced curfew in the urban areas till June 5 in a bid to contain the virus surge in the state.
State on Monday reported over 6,000 infections in the span of 24 hours.The new directive that was issued on Tuesday states, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has vide order of May 4, issued revised and consolidated directives for containment of COVID-19 cases across the state wherein in movement of individual from 6 pm to 5am from May 5."ASDMA vide order of May 12 issued detailed directive for containment of COVID-19...," the directive also said.Though it is observed that containment measures taken so far have been effective over the last few days, adequate measures for both.