John Wilbert & Savita Kumari
Port Blair, Sep 01: The Secretary IP&T, Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, today said that altogether four flights with 699 passengers arrived today at Port Blair Airport and all passengers have undergone RT-PCR test, the results for today’s RT-PCR are awaited.
While addressing the COVID-19 media briefing today at IP&T Conference hall he pointed out that among passengers who arrived yesterday (Tuesday), no passengers were found COVID-19 positive in the RT-PCR test.
The Secretary further informed that 81 persons (travelers) bound for N&M Andaman were tested at Ferrargunj in which all persons were tested COVID-19 negative during Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and passengers of MV Chouldari were also tested today, which was returning from Port Blair to Shaheed Dweep, altogether 78 people were tested in which all were found COVID-19 negative during Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and at Mohanpura Bus stand 164 RAT was conducted in which all were found COVID-19 negative.
“At Phoenix Bay jetty, 76 passengers travelling to Swaraj Dweep were tested in which all were found Covid-19 negative during Rapid Antigen Test (RAT)”, he said.
“Today altogether 521 beneficiaries got vaccinated by 04:00 PM in which 467 were under the 18-44 age groups who got their first dose of vaccine, ” he added.
Later Deputy Director GB Pant Hospital, Dr. Amitabha De informed that at GB Pant Hospital only one COVID-19 patient is there, no patient is on oxygen support and no asymptomatic patient got admitted today at Covid Care Center, he added.
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