John Wilbert & Savita Kumari
Port Blair, Aug 05: The Secretary Information Publicity & Tourism, Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh today said that altogether two flights with 364 passengers arrived at Port Blair Airport today 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 the Secretary Mr. Singh pointed out that Passengers who arrived yesterday (Wednesday), no passenger was found COVID-19 positive during the RT-PCR test.
The Secretary further informed that 217 persons (travelers) bound for N&M Andaman were tested at Ferrargunj in which all people were tested COVID-19 negative during Rapid Antigen Test (RAT).
“Today a total 82 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) tests were conducted by the Mobile testing team at Tushnabad area in which no person was found COVID-19 positive”, Mr. Singh added.
Today altogether 500 beneficiaries got vaccinated by 04:00 PM in which 400 were under the 18-44 age groups who got their first dose of vaccine, the Secretary IP&T pointed out.
Deputy Director GB Pant Hospital, Dr. Amitabha De informed that at GB Pant Hospital no COVID-19 patient is admitted and no patient is on oxygen support. One asymptomatic patient is there at Covid Care Center, he added.
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