Shillong, Feb 23: The facilitation centres at Umling, Umroi Airport and Mendipathar railway station have been handed over to the Health and Family Welfare department for use as Covid-19 screening centres.
The notification issued on December 7, last year, in this regard was also brought to the notice of the Meghalaya High Court on Tuesday during the hearing on a PIL filed by one Ibahunlang Nongkynrih & others.
The court said by such notification, the facilities at the facilitation centres in Umling, Umroi Airport and Mendipathar Railway Station were handed over to the Health and Family Welfare Department of the State for use as Covid-19 screening centres.
The implication of such notification is that such centres were not used for the purpose of screening desirable or undesirable elements entering the State but only to screen the persons who were coming in as to whether they were afflicted by the dreaded disease, it said.
The court has also directed the state government to file an affidavit within a fortnight. The next hearing will be held on March 16.
