SHILLONG, June 23 -- Meghalaya government has ordered closure of a bank in the district of Ri Bhoi, after an employee from Assam tested positive for COVID-19.Informing this on Tuesday, the state Health Minister, A. L. Hek told reporters that on receiving the information on Tuesday, the state government has decided to temporarily close down the SBI Branch at Khanapara, to prevent the spread of the disease. "This was after a bank employee who is from Assam was tested positive for Coronavirus. However,

since the patient was tested in Assam, the case will not be counted in Meghalaya," Hek said.

Asked, the Health Minister said contact tracing has already started to identify the high risk and low risk contacts of the patient, who is now under...