Guwahati, June 26 -- Due to the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases in Kamrup (M) the state government has decided to impose complete lockdown from June 28 midnight for the next 14 days in the entire Kamrup district.
The government has also decided to impose night curfew across the State and twice-a-week lockdown in all urban and semi-urban places with immediate effect.
''The COVID-19 cases in Guwahati have been increasing exponentially. Since June 15, we have recorded 676 cases of community transmission. We have thus decided to impose total lockdown in the city from June 28 midnight till July 12, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.
A 12-hour night-curfew - between 7 pm and 7 am - will be observed across the state from Friday...