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The North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) on Saturday reported one suspected case of COVID-19.

The 38-year-old patient has been admitted to the isolation ward after the case was reported in the dermatology ward.

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The male patient was referred for a blood test by PK Bhattacharya.

The blood will be sent to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases in Kolkata for confirmation.

โ€œOne person, who has a travel history to New Delhi, is admitted to the isolation ward of NEIGRIHMS and his situation is presently stable,โ€ said M Marbaniang, State Surveillance Officer.

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โ€œThere is nothing to panic and I would request the public to keep calm,โ€ she said.

Addressing the media NEIGRIHMS director DM THappa said, โ€œWe cannot label any person to be suffering from a disease without confirming it.โ€

โ€œTests have been conducted and we will have a final say only after the reports are out,โ€ Thappa added.

He further said that the concerned patient was moving around Shillong and after he was admitted to NEIGRIHMS, he started receiving query calls from the media asking if a suspected coronavirus case is admitted to NEIGRIHMS.

โ€œVarious newspapers have been calling me since Friday if a suspected coronavirus patient is admitted to our hospital. Probably he was examined by some private hospital and they might have referred him to NEIGRIHMS,โ€ Thappa added.