House-to-house testing in Guwahati after jump in Covid-19 cases: Assam health minister

With Guwahati witnessing a rapid increase in coronavirus cases, the Assam government will start house-to-house testing in the state capital from Tuesday, health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said. Guwahati has reported a total of 3,736 Covid-19 cases so far while 3,293 people tested positive in the last 12 days, since June 24. Sarma had on Sunday indicated that community transmission had begun in the city.