Lockdown in Jorhat has been extended for two more days by the district administration. The lockdown has been extended till July 15 to due to COVID-19 spread. An official notification stated, all shops including retail, vegetable and fruit shops except pharmacies will remain closed.

The notification read, “The situation will be reviewed on 15/072021 for further necessary action”. Covid situation has not improved in Assam to allow inter-district movement,said chief minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma.

“We have kept the inter-district travel suspended. We are not in a situation to open inter-district travel. The movement of people among the districts will lead to further transmission of COVID19 from one district to the other. This will take us back to the same situation we were in earlier. Only when the COVID19 infection rate comes down in the districts we will think about opening travel,” said Dr. Sarma.

Highlighting the COVID situation in seven worst hit districts CM said, “Of the 2300 prevailing cases in Assam, 1300 are from these seven-eight districts. Other districts did not have so many cases. It is because of these 7-8 districts we are facing trouble”.