Vikramaditya
Port Blair, June 02: Today around 87 standard people reached Port Blair from Chennai in MV Nicobar Ship after arrival the passengers were screen at the Port and then they were sent to quarantine facilities by the Andaman Nicobar Health Department.
When asked that why the flight passengers were not sent to quarantine but the ship passengers sent to quarantine facilities, the Nodal Officer of covid-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Island, Dr. Avijit Roy said that three days journey in ship causes much more exposure than in the flight journey and this is the reason why the administration has decided to send ship passengers to quarentine facilities today.
Some crew members of the ship and 83 passengers were also tested for Covid-19 while four passengers, which includes two patients and two attainders could not be tested for Covid-19 because they were directly sent to hospital in Ambulance from the ship, Dr. Ray added.
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