A health workerof B Barooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) has been sent to quarantine. Earlier sixhealth workers from the hospital have been sent to quarantine at Singimariquarantine center.

A total ofeight persons from Amingaon, North Guwahati have been quarantined. A total of11 people from Kamrup district associated with BBCI have been sent toquarantine after the death of COVID-19 patient Dipika Basfor who was thegranddaughter of a health worker of the hospital.

The healthworkers who have been sent to quarantine are Mintu Das, Dipa Das, Ruby Das,Pallavi Thakuria, Jayi Devi, Nripen Das, and Nikita Pal among others.

Followingthe incident, chaos erupted in the Amingaon area of North Guwahati.

It may be mentioned that one Dipika Basfor died of COVID-19 who was a granddaughter of one of the health workers in BBCI hospital. Dipika was staying in the Harijan Colony inside the campus with her grandmother, mother, and aunt.

However, thehospital has been declared as 'Containment Zone' and all services exceptemergencies have been closed for 28 days.