Shillong, May 20: One person from Garo Hills has tested positive for the virus on Tuesday.

According to Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma, the patient is one of the persons who came back from chennai in the second batch.

“The person is asymtomatic and has been in institutional quarantine in Tura. We are monitoring the situation,” Sangma tweeted.

One of the persons from Garo Hills, who came back from chennai in the second batch has tested positive for Covid -19.. the person is asymtomatic and has been in institutional quarantine in Tura. We are monitoring the situation.

— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) May 19, 2020

The Chief Minister has also urged people not to panic. “We need to handle this with utmost care and responsibility. We need to take care of elderly people and people with comorbid conditions. Asymptotic and young people are recovering from this by observing isolation,” he added.