• About Us
  • Copyright Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Authors
  • Career
  • Contact Us
Assamese |   Bengali |  
Monday, April 12, 2021
NORTHEAST NOW
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
NORTHEAST NOW
Assamese
Home Northeast News Meghalaya

Another person tests positive for COVID-19 in Meghalaya

NE NOW NEWS by NE NOW NEWS
May 9, 2020 2:03 pm
Coronavirus Covid19

Representative photo. Image credit - www.imtj.com

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya rose to 2 on Saturday after another person related to the state’s first patient late Dr John L Sailo Rynthathing tested positive on Saturday.

Informing about it in a tweet Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said, “Unfortunately we have another positive case in Shillong.”

“It’s a person working in the same house. As a precaution health department was retesting all the primary contacts and in the process, we found this positive case,” Sangma further said.

“The person is safe and healthy and showing no symptoms,” he added.

Unfortunately we have another positive case in Shillong. It’s a person working in the same house. As a precaution health department was retesting all the primary contacts and in the process we found this positive case. The person is safe and healthy and showing no symptoms.

— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) May 9, 2020

 

On Friday, the lone active patient of the state tested positive again after a retest for the fourth consecutive time.

The fifth retest will be conducted on May 11.

The sample of the patient was tested at the super-speciality North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Science (NEIGRIHMS), Mawdiangdiang.

Health officials said that the condition of the patient was stable.

The woman is a family friend of late Dr John L Sailo Rynthathing.

She was tested positive for the virus on April 15, while Dr Sailo who tested positive on April 13, passed away on April 15.

NORTHEAST NOW

Northeast Now is a multi-app based hyper-regional bilingual news portal. Led by a group of professionals, the digital news platform covers every inch of the eight states of northeast India and the five neighbouring countries. It is the first of its kind new media initiative in the northeast, and is based in Guwahati. As the political dynamics in the northeast is intricate and fluid, Northeast Now is always politically neutral.

 
Our Properties
 
  • NORTHEAST NOW ASSAMESE
  • NORTHEAST JOBS
  • NORTHEAST TENDERS
  • INNFINITY
  • About Us
  • Copyright Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Authors
  • Career
  • Contact Us

© 2019 - Maintained by EZEN Software & Technology Pvt. Ltd

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NORTH EAST
    • Assam
    • Meghalaya
    • Tripura
    • Mizoram
    • Manipur
    • Nagaland
    • Arunachal
    • Sikkim
  • Neighbours
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • Myanmar
    • Bangladesh
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Environment
  • Citizen Journalists
  • Opinion

© 2019 - Maintained by EZEN Software & Technology Pvt. Ltd