Himanta Biswa Sarma. Image credit - Twitter

The Assam government has planned to set up a special laboratory to study novel coronavirus.

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said in Guwahati that a laboratory for studying the virus would be set up in Guwahati soon.

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โ€œThis pandemic has exposed us to a new set of challenges. And to battle it, we need to up the ante,โ€ said  Sarma, assuring that the state has begun to โ€œcomprehend the virus betterโ€.

Minister Sarmaโ€™s announcement came at a time when the Covid-19 positive cases in the state have crossed 5,000 mark.

A total of 5,006 people have tested positive for the infection in the state so far.

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The number of active cases stood at 1,928, while nine people died and three migrated to other States.