Posters to be pasted outside residences of Covid patients: Assam Government

May 14: There has been a significant surge of Covid-19 cases across the state and stricter measures are required to contain the further spread of the deadly virus. Further, there have been reports that some COVID positive persons do not observe COVID appropriate behaviour and end up spreading the infection among the uninfected persons who come in their contact.

Keeping this aspect in mind, the state government has decided that from now on, posters would be put outside the residences of COVID-19 patients who are in self-isolation or home quarantined in Assam. This was stated in an order issued by Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah on 14 May.

“Therefore, it is necessary to put an identify mark, on places where such persons are self-isolated or quarantined, for the larger benefit of community,” the order signed by Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah said. The order further stated that pasting of posters outside the residences of COVID-19 positive persons “will be done only if such a residence is used by the COVID-19 positive person for self-isolation or quarantine purpose and such posters shall be removed as soon as such person/ persons turn COVID-19 negative.”

This step was adopted to distinguish the location and protect the community at large from further spread of the COVID-19 virus.