Meghalaya | Result of 2nd test of last COVID-19 patient awaited

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 2, 2020

Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong on Saturday informed that the government is waiting for result of the final test conducted on the last COVID-19 patient before declaring the state to be coronavirus free.

“The 10 patients are now fully cured after they were retested negative twice. The last patient was tested negative during the first retest. However, we are yet to receive the result of the second retest from the authority concerned,” Tynsong said.

“Very soon, we will be able to declare that Meghalaya is COVID-19 free,” he added.

The Deputy CM also informed that a total of 1707 samples have been sent for testing out of which 1655 were negative while results of 40 tests are pending.

Stating that Meghalaya is now safe from COVID-19 and that there is nothing to worry, Tynsong said, “The government has worked tirelessly to ensure there is no further infection in the future and this can be done with the support of everybody by strictly adhering to the protocols issued by the government.”