TURA: Fifteen persons working in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of East Garo Hills (EGH) at Williamnagar have been directed to undergo self quarantine as a precautionary measure following the detection of the first COVID-19 infection in the state at Shillong’s Bethany Hospital and the subsequent death of the patient, a doctor, on Wednesday morning.
The fifteen persons have been asked to quarantine at their respective homes as the CJM of the court had visited the Bethany Hospital in Shillong for a medical check-up last month.
“The CJM had visited the hospital on the 24th of March for a check-up and it is already 14 days but as per health guidelines 15 of them has been told to self quarantine for two weeks,” informed East Garo Hills deputy commissioner Swapnil Tembe.
The CJM who is currently in Shillong has also gone into self quarantine, informed the deputy commissioner. He had attended office in Williamnagar shortly after his return from Shillong, last month.
One person from South Garo hills who had also visited the Bethany hospital to meet a relative, has also been asked to undergo quarantine at home in Baghmara for two weeks as a precautionary measure even though 14 days have passed since the visit.