SHILLONG, May 19 -- Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma on Tuesday said that although Meghalaya is COVID free but everyone needs to be mentally prepared, as things are uncertain with thousands of citizens returning."With movement of our citizens taking place, the society and the administration should be mentally prepared as anything can happen," he said while reacting to a question on the rise in COVID-19 positive cases in Assam and the steps taken by the state government to deal with the returnees.

Maintaining that although Meghalaya is officially a COVID free state, however it does not mean that the government would sit down assuming that everything is over, the Chief Minister said, "Testing and proper quarantine is the key to ensure that th...