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Effects of Nizamuddin Congregation on Assam.
The Assam Government, on Wednesday, said the state suddenly slipped into a "critical situation" as four more persons, who returned from Nizamuddin congregation in West Delhi, were tested COVID-19 positive and 117 others were still traceless.

This took the total number of positive cases to five, including a 52-year-old cleric from South Assam's Karimganj District, who tested positive on Tuesday.

Four more persons from Assam, who also attended the Nizamuddin congregation but are still in New Delhi, also tested positive.

Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the number of positive cases is likely to go up further as a few more also tested positive in the preliminary screening.

"All five positive persons had attended the congregation but did not pay attention to our repeated appeals to visit medical centres for tests despite showing symptoms of possible coronavirus infection. We have identified at least 13 persons so far who had come in contact with the first positive person. But we still don't know how many persons came in contact with those who are still traceless and possibly got infected. Some of them have switched off their mobile phones and their family members are also not cooperating with us. This has suddenly put us in a critical situation," Sarma said.

Till Monday, Assam tested over 400 samples but no positive cases were reported. The state was expecting less cases as many migrant workers, who returned from the COVID-19 affected states, were about to complete their 14-day quarantine period. But the Nizamuddin incident has suddenly turned the tables.

The Centre, on Tuesday, shared a list of 456 persons from Assam who had visited Nizamuddin between March 13 and 15. Assam went into a tizzy as the Nizamuddin's Tablighi Jamaat congregation has emerged as "a hotbed" of coronavirus infection with some of them already testing positive in Delhi, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Current Scenario (31/03/2020)
The state health and family welfare minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that a total of 347 people from Assam who attended the Nizamuddin congregation in Delhi are back in the state now.

He added that a total of 547 people from Assam were present in and around the area where the religious congregation was taking place in Delhi.

“Among these are 136 people who were those that were just crossing the area. Out of 547, 136 are not suspected prima facia, and 68 people have not returned to Assam. So roughly, 347 people are now in Assam who were in and around Nizamuddin area,” said the minister.

He further added that out of these 347 people, 230 have been identified till now and contact tracing is ongoing to locate the rest.

Additionally, 196 samples out of these 230 people have been sent to 5 medical colleges for testing.

Current Scenario (01/04/2020)
Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said all the four cases found positive are directly linked with the Nizamuddin fiasco. All the four cases tested positive at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital, the health minister said.

They have been identified as Md. Arsad Ali (19 years) from Nalbari, Md. Hazrat Ali (60 years) from Jagiroad, Md. Nurrudin (55 years) from Jagiroad and Md. Joban Ali (46 years) from Jagiroad.

Addition of the four new Covid-19 positive cases has taken the count to five. Four more people from Assam, who had been for the religious congregation to Nizamuddin, have also tested positive in New Delhi, Sarma said.

The health minister said, all the four who tested positive in New Delhi, are undergoing treatment there. They have been identified as Naskar Ali (72 years) from Baska district, Faharuddin (48 year) from Baska district, Mustafa Ahmed (60 years) from Barpeta and Mohammad Ali (65 years) from Nagaon.

On Tuesday, one 52-year old man from Badarpur in South Assam’s Karimganj district tested positive for coronavirus.

He has been identified as Jamaluddin from Hassanpur village near Badarpur.

The health minister also said four to five people in Jorhat Medical College Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19 in first screening.

Sarma said they are awaiting for confirmation from National Institute of Virology in Pune.