Port Blair, Jan. 6: During the RT-PCR test conducted on 450 passengers who arrived here yesterday, 12 positive cases have been detected.
Today, 13 flights with 1764 passengers arrived, out of which, 1421 were vaccinated with both doses while RT-PCR test was conducted on 343 passengers (includes 11 foreign travellers) and the reports are awaited. About 24 positive cases were found during the test conducted yesterday.
During RAT conducted on 107 passengers bound for North & Middle Andaman at Ferrargunj, two positive cases were detected. At Mohanpura Bus Terminus, test was conducted on 52 passengers and all were found negative. At Phoenix Bay Jetty, 36 passengers were tested with RAT and all were found negative. At Helipad, 1 passenger was tested with RAT and was found negative.
Today till 3 pm, 610 doses of vaccines were administered to beneficiaries, out of which, 410 Covaxin doses were administered to children between the age group of 15-18 years.
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