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[email protected] Change Font Size: -A | A | +A || Change Theme: || DEPARTMENTS SERVICES MY GOVERNMENT KNOW SIKKIM Home SIGN IN News & Announcement Hon'ble Chief Minister Chairs High Level Meeting on Covid19 Date: 30-May-2020 Gangtok, May 30: (IPR) Chief Minister Shri Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) chaired a high level meeting at Samman Bhawan today. The meeting was convened to review the present scenario of COVID-19 in the State and deliberated on various aspects related to the State's response to the pandemic as well as to future course of action post 4th lock-down. The meeting had the esteemed presence of Deputy Speaker SLA, Cabinet Ministers, MLAs, MP Lok Sabha, Advisors, Chairpersons Zilla Adhyakshas and Upadhyakshas, Political Secretary to HCM, Chief Secretary, Heads of Departments, DGP and senior officers of the State Government. Chief Secretary, Shri S.C. Gupta in his opening remarks, presented an overview of the steps taken by the State Government to handle the COVID-19 situation in the State. He informed that all aspects, such as evacuation, screening, quarantine and testing are being handled with utmost efficiency. DG-cum-Secretary Health, Dr. P.T. Bhutia in his brief address explained about the status of the testing for COVID-19. He shared the good news that RTPCR testing at the new Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory at STNM Hospital will be fully functional from tomorrow. He informed that the samples of 53 secondary contacts of the COVID-19 positive patient which were sent to NBMCH have tested negative. Similarly, 40 additional sample tests have also reported negative.