SHILLONG, May 18 -- Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday observed that though the State is COVID-19 free technically, but he does not look at it as something that the State has achieved as the fight is still on till a vaccine is found.Stating that one cannot look at any situation as COVID free because the fight against the virus is an ongoing process, Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma said,"Technically, the COVID-19 free tag is there after the re-test on the last positive patient came out negative. But that is not something which I want to look as something we have achieved".

"We are also aware that COVID-19 is here to stay for sometime till a vaccine comes," he added.

Informing that the lone positive active person was retested negative a...