Shillong: The District Magistrate, East Khasi Hills District has in an Order issued on April 29, 2021 informed that entry, testing and quarantine protocols of the State applies to all individuals/returnees irrespective of the profession.
Compliance with this is required in the interest of public health and to avoid a surge in cases. Anyone found violating the entry, testing and quarantine protocols shall be liable for penal actions as per law.
The Order is necessitated in view of several reports received that returnee(s) working in various Central Government offices/banking institutions/private offices/Armed forces are not following the entry, testing and quarantine protocols as instructed by the Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Meghalaya from time to time and it is reported that officials are resuming their duties upon arrival in Shillong while their test results are being awaited and not following the protocol as mandated by the Government of Meghalaya.
