Meghalaya Reports 1st Positive Case of COVID-19

Meghalaya Reports 1st Positive Case of COVID-19

Meghalaya reported its first COVID-19 case after a doctor tested positive of the infection. The patient is a 69-year-old doctor at Bethany Hospital in Shillong.

Meghalaya Health Minister AL Hek confirmed the case on Monday saying that the hospital has been sealed indefinitely and the doctors and staff have been quarantined.

Having a detailed discussion with the state chief ministerConrad K Sangma, the health department directed the commissioner to follow theCOVID-19 protocol.

The hospital has been turned into a quarantine center and the other staff have been put under isolation for 14 days.

Hek also directed the health commissioner to identify all the patients the 69-year-old doctor had handled during the last two weeks.

Video message of Conrad Sangma on COVID-19

Family members of the patient would be put underhome quarantine, Hek said.

Meanwhile, Meghalaya chief secretary M.S. Rao in apress release informed that a 48-hour curfew has been promulgated from 6 am ofTuesday in Shillong and nearby areas.

The chief secretary requested the common people tocooperate and restrain from coming out of houses to enable health officials totake appropriate remedial measures.

Allthe patients who had visited Bethany Hospital on or after March 22 wererequested to register themselves by calling 108.

An emergency cabinet meeting has also been called onTuesday to review the situation.

In a video clip, shared on his Twitter handle, chiefminister Conrad Sangma also requested the citizens of the state not to come outof their homes in the next 48 hours.

Healso requested all the citizens to call at 108 if they had visited BethanyHospital in the last 20 days.

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