Shillong (Meghalaya), June 28 : Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma today tested negative for Covid-19. He has been under home quarantine for the past four days after his return from Manipur and Delhi, said a press statement issued by the CMO .
The first test was conducted on June 22 and the second test was done today .
As a precautionary measure, the Chief Minister will be under home quarantine for few more days. This was the second RT-PCR test conducted on the Chief Minister within this week.
It is to be informed that the team of officials and police, who accompanied the Chief Minister to Guwahati were also tested negative and they are also under home quarantine.
Conrad who is also the national president of NPP had to rush to Manipur and later accompany 4 NPP ministers from Manipur to Delhi after they withdrew their support from the BJP led coalition in the state and joined the Congress .
However , after meeting senior BJP leaders in Delhi all the 4 NPP MLAs have returned back to the BJP lead coalition .