Viramaditya
Port Blair, April 9: Considering sudden spike in Corona cases, the Andaman and Nicobar Administration sought the support of the local media to spread awareness among Islanders to follow COVID-19 safety protocols.
The Secretary Tourism & IP, Mr. S K Singh and the Secretary Social Welfare, Mr. S K Jha, addressed media persons today in this regard. The Secretary Tourism and Information Publicity, urged the local media to run awareness campaigns through its medium to sensitize people on the need to follow safety measures to contain the spread of the disease. He said that weekly media interactions will be held to update about the status of COVID-19 in these islands.
Further, he said that people of the age of 45 years and above should get themselves inoculated immediately against the disease. The Secretary of Tourism and IP also asked people to beware of fake news spread on social media platforms relating to treatment and vaccination of COVID-19. “A committee has been constituted to monitor fake news on COVID-19 being circulated in these islands,” he added.
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