John Wilbert & Savita Kumari
Port Blair, June 14: The Secretary IP&T Mr. S K Singh today said that two flights with 260 passengers arrived today at Port Blair Airport and all passengers have undergone RT-PCR test and results for today’s RT-PCR are awaited.
While addressing a COVID-19 media briefing in the conference hall of IP&T, the Secretary informed that 61 persons (travelers) bound for N&M Andaman were tested at Ferrargunj, in which one was tested COVID-19 positive during Rapid Antigen Test (RAT).
Mr. SK Singh further pointed out that yesterday (Sunday) the passengers who landed at Port Blair Airport, among 344 passengers 04 were found COVID-19 positive during RT-PCR test.
About the vaccination drive, the Secretary informed that today altogether 447 eligible beneficiaries got vaccinated. In which 40 beneficiaries were of the age group above 45 year old and 407 were beneficiaries of the age group above 18-44 year old who got their first dose of vaccine.
The Director, ANIIMS, Dr. AK Mandal, informed the media persons that today there was one new COVID patient admitted in G.B. Pant Hospital and 04 patients got discharged. With this, the number of corona positive patients in the Hospital is 23. Out of the 23 patients, 16 are on Oxygen support and one patient is on ventilators.
Later the Deputy Director GB Pant Hospital, Dr. Amitabha De said that today one new admission was reported at COVID Care Centers and the number of patients in the COVID Care Centers is 10.
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