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Alexander L. Hek

Meghalaya health minister A L Hek has tested positive for COVID-19. Minister Hek said that the test report on samples collected from him was declared on Sunday.

โ€œI was tested on Saturday through CBNAAT and the report showed positive,โ€ Hek said.

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Hek was in New Delhi for about a week, and arrived at Guwahati two days before returning to Shillong on October 19.

โ€œI have quarantined myself for seven days from October 19 to 25. Ever since I returned to Shillong on October 19, I have isolated myself in one guest house,โ€ Hek said.

Hek said though he has tested positive, he was fine and normal without any sickness.

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He said that his daughter who had also tested positive for COVID-19 has tested negative on Saturday, and was declared recovered.

Hek is the second minister of the MDA government to have tested positive, after power minister James K Sangma who tested positive at Imphal in Manipur on September 12.

Including Hek and James, four legislators in Meghalaya have so far tested positive for COVID-19.