GAUHATI : Assam government is preparing a standard operating procedure (SOP) to implement the directives of Gauhati High Court on adherence to COVID-19 protocol issued by the health department, state Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.The Gauhati High Court had expressed deep concern over the rise in coronavirus cases and made the police and deputy commissioners personally liable so as to ensure that the directives and protocols issued by the state health department to check the spread of the contagion is maintained in public places, the minister told a press conference here.The situation in the state is alarming with an average of 3000 new cases of coronavirus reported daily for the last three days..