Meghalaya Prepares 300 Beds to Deal with Possible COVID-19 Outbreak in Tura

Tura, March 28, 2020:

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma along with Chief of Coronavirus Task Force, P Sampath Kumar and other officials visited Tura in the West Garo Hills district today to review the preparedness in Garo Hills in view of the coronavirus pandemic that has infected over 6 lakh people globally.

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The Chief Minister informed that 300 beds are being prepared for dealing with a possible outbreak of coronavirus in Tura. The Guest House of MBoSE, SMELC and Isolation Ward of Tura Civil Hospital have all been converted to deal with coronavirus related cases. The Chief Minister also informed that the Government is working to establish a full-fledged testing center at the Tura Civil Hospital, which would take a few more days.

To discuss the threat of the COVID-19, the Meghalaya Chief Minister held review meetings with staff of Tura Civil Hospital, inspected the isolation care centre at Civil Hospital. He also held a review meeting with officials of the district administration at the Circuit House in Tura.

The Meghalaya Chief Minister has given direction to the administration to ensure that essential commodities are made available to the public. “People should not panic and maintain social distancing. The Government is making efforts to put in place all logistics and supply of essential commodities,” the Chief Minister added.

It is pertinent to mention here that a red alert relating to the COVID-19 has been sounded in the Northeast Indian region ever since the first corona positive case was reported in the State of Manipur. The 23-year-old COVID-19 patient from Manipur (name withheld) who became the first POSITIVE case in the Northeast Indian region, is on the road towards recovery, our sources have confirmed. Now, she is feeling well enough and take pictures with the medical personnel treating her.

In Assam, it was reported that a COVID-19 case was discovered in Jorhat on the 21st of this month. However, the patient, a 4-year-old tea tribe child, was later tested to be negative during a second test. The State's administration has since been seen working round the clock to prepare facilities to threat COVID-19 cases in the State.

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On Wednesday, the State of Mizoram has recorded Northeast India’s second positive case of the virus, who, according to our sources, is a 50-year-old pastor. According to reports, the patient is a 50-year-old man who recently returned from Amsterdam in Holland with his family. The swab was tested at the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH). An Inside Northeast source said that the man who has been detected COVID-19 positive is a pastor. He has been admitted right now in a medical college. He recently returned from Holland with his family on March 16, and started exhibiting symptoms on March 22. They have all been placed under isolation.

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