Around hundred patients broke out of a COVID Care Centre in Assam's Kamrup district and blocked National Highway 31 on Thursday, alleging that they were not provided with proper food and water, officials said. Kamrup Deputy Commissioner Kailash Kartik along with police rushed to the facility in Changsari and asked the patients to clear the highway and return to the centre so that the matter can be resolved through discussions, they said.

Tension prevailed in the area, however, after assurances the patients returned to the centre, an officer said. The patients alleged that they were not provided with food and water and the condition of the beds was also not up to the mark while 10-12 of them were kept in a single room.