Journalists are facing professional hazards and,therefore, "we have decided to carry out tests for them freeof cost", Sarma told a press conference here.
"Those who want to get themselves tested can come tothe Guwahati Medical College Hospital on April 25", theminister said.
All protocols related to COVID-19 will be maintained,he added.
Scribes in Assam had appealed to the state governmentto conduct coronavirus tests, after many mediapersons recentlytested positive in Mumbai and Chennai. DGRBT RBT