SHILLONG, June 16 -- In a case where one percent out of the 99 percent reigns, a 70 year old man who was earlier tested positive has been declared as a false positive case bringing down the total number of cases detected to 43."The machine through which tests are conducted is 99 percent accurate and this particular case falls in that 1 percent error of the machine where the test was not accurate," DHS, Dr Aman War said on late Tuesday night.

The person who hails from Ri Bhoi was admitted in the Roberts Hospital with severe acute respiratory infection and upon testing had tested positive.

This had rang an alarm bell and the health authorities got into immediate contact tracing mode.

However, when all of his contacts tested positive and ...