400 Meghalaya returnees broke quarantine rules: Dy CM

SHILLONG: Meghalaya deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong on Friday said that around 400 residents of the state who returned from other parts of the country have violated the self-quarantine protocols by venturing out.
"These 400 citizens belonging to areas under the Shillong agglomeration were found to have violated the self-quarantine protocols," he said in his daily briefing.
Tynsong said the health officials were monitoring the movement of these individuals who should be undergoing quarantine. "However, officials have visited the homes of these violators and advised them not to venture out since they were required to adhere to the health protocols," the deputy CM said, even as he appealed to all returnees to stay in quarantine to avoid any unwarranted situation.
He added that those who have returned to Meghalaya from other northeastern states have been advised to undergo 14 days of home quarantine. But those who have arrived from other states from outside the region must go through 28 days of quarantine including 14 days of self-observation, he said.
The Meghalaya government has classified those who have come from other parts of the country, apart from the northeastern states, as returnees from "red zone" areas.
Tynsong said that till Friday, 4,681 residents who were stranded across the country have returned to Meghalaya.