Hailakandi, Apr 28 () The family members of the 65-year-old COVID-19 patient, who was the first person to die ofthe infection in Northeast, were discharged from a quarantinefacility on Tuesday after completing 24 days of isolation, asenior medical official said.
Joint Director of Health Services Ramesh ChandraDwivedy said all the five family members of the deceasedperson were discharged after they tested negative for COVID-19the third time.
Stating that all the necessary protocols were followedbefore they were discharged, Dwivedy said they will now be putin home quarantine, which would continue till May 6.
"Necessary instructions have been given to them tofollow the home quarantine rules and regulations," he added.
Officials of the district administration, healthdepartment and police personnel clapped as the family members,including children, walked out of the quarantine facility.Hailakandi Circle Officer Tridip Roy presented a basket offruits to them on behalf of the district administration.
The son of the deceased person expressed gratitude tothe district administration and health officials for takinggood care of them at the facility.
"We are indebted to them for giving us all the careand attention. We did not face any problem whatsoever duringthe quarantine period," he said.
The COVID-19 patient, a resident of the Barjuraivillage on the outskirts of Hailakandi district headquarters,died on April 10 at the Silchar Medical College and Hospitalwhere he was undergoing treatment.
He arrived from Saudi Arabia on March 18 afterperforming Umrah Haj and had links with the Nizamuddin Markazevent in Delhi.
The district administration performed his last ritesat a remote place here following the protocols relating toCOVID-19. His village was sealed after he tested positive. ESBSOM SOM