John Wilbert & Savita Kumari
Port Blair, Aug 17: The Secretary IP&T, Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, today said that altogether four flights with 556 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 (Monday), no passengers were found COVID-19 positive at the RT-PCR test.
The Secretary further informed that 233 persons (travelers) bound for N&M Andaman was 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 83 people were tested in which all were found COVID-19 negative during Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and at Mohanpura Bus stand 156 RAT was conducted in which all were found COVID-19 negative.
“At Phoenix Bay jetty, 74 passengers travelling to Swaraj Dweep were tested in which all were found Covid-19 negative during Rapid Antigen Test (RAT)”, he said.
“Today altogether 553 beneficiaries got vaccinated by 04:00 PM in which 400 were under the 18-44 age groups who got their first dose of vaccine, ” he added.
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