John Wilbert & Savita Kumari
Port Blair, Jun 17: The Deputy Commissioner of South Andaman, today said that Administration has been working round the clock since this pandemic started. He added that it has been almost one and half year that Administration has been working for the general public to contain the spread of COVID-19 virus in these Islands, still the Administration is receiving several complaints against COVID-19 violators and so on.
Addressing a press conference at IP&T Conference hall the Deputy Commissioner today said that people need to be more responsible and should follow all the Covid Appropriate Behavior seriously.
“Without the support of the general public and Islanders the Covid-19 cases can’t be contained, everyone has to work together if we want to overcome the situation. From today enforcement against violators of e-passes has been issued,” he added.
He said that Andaman and Nicobar Islands are in far better position than any other state in India in terms of all parameters whether it is doctors, vaccines, testing, oxygen cylinders and free medical supply.
“There is no shortage of anything in these islands, everything is being given free of cost, we have all the resources. Inter Islands movement should be restricted otherwise how can we contain virus if it reaches remote Islands like Great Nicobar,” he mentioned.
The DC said that tomorrow he along with a team will be visiting Little Andaman to assess the ground situation and a senior team of officers will be deputed at Little Andaman.
He added that the foremost priority of the A&N Administration is to save the precious lives of general public from this pandemic.
He said that to contain the spread of the virus and bring the COVID cases status back to zero once again in A&N Islands, all the stakeholders including doctors, paramedical staff, police, senior officers of A&N Administration and others are working tirelessly.
He cautioned that for the last two days so many violations were found and it reflects that people are not serious about the situation. He sternly warned that no one will be spared if any violations are found and the vehicles will be impounded and hefty penalty will be levied.
The Deputy Commissioner mentioned that people should restrict inter-Island movement so that we can contain the spread of the virus. Referring to the number of cases detected in Little Andaman, the Deputy Commissioner said, despite repeated requests, to report on any of the symptoms, the residents of Little Andaman who had cough, fever etc. did not come forward for medical check-up.
This, he said, has contributed towards the sudden increase in the positive cases there. He said keeping in mind the safety of the residents of southern group of Islands, the public representatives and others should avoid sending requests for sending ships to southern group of Islands.
People cutting across political parties should unite at this juncture and refrain from making such requests. People should be sensitive and serious towards this pandemic as this time the virus is changing its mutant and is not very easy to handle, he cautioned.
The Deputy Commissioner further disclosed that he along-with his team and doctors will be visiting Little Andaman tomorrow (June 18) to assess the situation and medical requirements will be taken care of as per the need. A senior level Police Officer will also be deputed for strict enforcement of containment measures in the entire area of Little Andaman, he added.
The Deputy Commissioner further said that during the RT-PCR conducted on 287 incoming passengers who arrived here yesterday by flight, none of them were found positive. He further informed that 2 flights with 315 passengers arrived today and the RT-PCR reports are awaited. He also stated that during the RAT conducted on 168 passengers proceeding to N&M Andaman at Ferrargunj, 2 positive cases have been detected. He said, that today till 3 pm, 359 beneficiaries were vaccinated in South Andaman District, out of which, 318 were in the age group of 18-44 and the rest were above 45 plus age group.
The Director, ANIIMS, Dr. A K Mandal disclosed that 16 COVID positive patients are presently undergoing treatment in the Hospital. Today, 4 COVID patients were discharged and 1 new patient was admitted in G.B Pant Hospital. He said, out of the 16 patients, 11 patients are on Oxygen support and no patient on ventilator, he added.
The Deputy Director, G.B Pant Hospital, Dr. Amitabha De informed that in the three COVID Care Centres functioning in Port Blair, 1 new patient was admitted today and 2 patients were discharged. Altogether, 9 patients are presently being taken care of in these three COVID Care Centres while in COVID Care Centre Wimberlygunj, altogether, 6 patients are admitted, he added.
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