Vikramaditya & Sarthak Kanjilall
Port Blair, Mar 25: The lone Member of Parliament of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has been asked to remain in quarantine for 14 days after he returned to Port Blair from Mainland Indian after attending Parliament, to make sure that he is not carrying any infection.
Meanwhile, it has been observed that there is a huge surge in number of people kept under quarantine in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
As per the latest update provided by Dr. Abhijit Roy, Nodal Officer, COVID-19, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, there are around 1455 people under quarantine.
“Out of this 1455, 75 who have traveled to Andaman from International borders and people who are highly suspected to be having COVID-19 have been kept in circuit houses,” Dr. Abhijit said.
The Directorate of Health Department is also keeping a watch on all of them, so that, they don’t come out of their house and mingle with others.
Meanwhile, residents of Andaman and Nicobar Islands today witnessed desperate measures by Andaman and Nicobar Administration to keep people inside their houses.
Although the Prime Minister and the MHA yesterday said that despite Lock Down all over India shops of essential commodities and pharmacies will remain opened, in Andaman the local Administration superseded directions of MHA and kept all shops of essential commodities and pharmacies closed, putting many in deep trouble.
There were instances where police jawans used force to drive people away from roads. However forced used by police brought results as almost all roads of Port Blair city were totally empty.
As per details no one in Andaman tested positive of COVID19 yet.
