Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Buswa Sarma on Wednesday said the strategy of the country remembers the emergence of the third wave of Covid-19 mixed with omicron variants is to keep children under 15 years indoors and allow a vaccinated population to work without any lockdown.
In the first five days of the new year until Wednesday, Covid-19 positive cases in the state have increased by more than 34%.
On Wednesday, the country recorded 591 positive Covid-19 cases, including an Omicron variant case in 35 years Hojai, who had traveled from Saudi Arabia.
However, he has recovered.
Other residents of the country, a 13-year-old boy boy, has tested Omicron’s positive in Meghalaya on Tuesday.
But Meghalaya has transferred his case to his home country as a result of which the Omicron Assam case now stands in two.
Sarma said, “Sudden increase in the number of Covid-19 cases is a matter of concern for us.
We are almost 600 hours and the day of touching 1,000, we must bring some restrictions on the movement and collection of people.
But our focus is to protect life and livelihoods .
“The government to complete a dose of 1 Vax to children in the age group 15-18 by Jan-uploor strategy will make children under the age of 15 years staying at their home while the worker population will continue to work in a normal way as long as they get themselves two doses of vaccines, “added Sarma.
While children under 15 years have not been declared eligible for the vaccine they remain very vulnerable, the state plans to resolve the highest dose coverage among children between 15 and 18 years at the end the moon runs and the second dose in February starting from the examination season, which will allow them to appear for the test m Heleka offline.
Head of Minister of Assam Himanta Buswa Sarma ruled out the Kuncian, said that vaccinated people could continue to work
