John Wilbert & Savita Kumari
Port Blair, Sep 15: The Secretary IP&T, Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh today said that the number of active cases has again increased comparatively in past few days, which is a matter of concern for Administration.
While addressing the COVID-19 media briefing today at IP&T Conference hall he pointed out that in these new cases, local residents of Andaman and Nicobar Islands have not contributed much but still Islanders should be careful and must follow all the COVID-19 protocols.
The Secretary further informed that among passengers who arrived yesterday (Tuesday), no passenger was found COVID-19 positive at the RT-PCR test.
The Secretary IP&T further informed that 283 persons (travelers) bound for N&M Andaman were tested at Ferrargunj in which no one was found COVID-19 positive during Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and 121 passengers departing for Shaheed Dweep islands were also tested today in which all were found COVID-19 negative during Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and 59 persons arrived from Swaraj Dweep today in which all were found COVID-19 negative. Further the Secretary informed that at Mohanpura Bus stand 209 RAT was conducted in which all were found COVID-19 negative.
“At Phoenix Bay jetty, 94 passengers arriving to Port Blair were tested in which all were found Covid-19 negative during Rapid Antigen Test (RAT)”.
“in Geetanjali Bus 04 persons were tested in which all were found COVID-19 negative today. Today a total of 390 doses of vaccine were provided to eligible beneficiaries in which, 307 were of 18-44 year age group at JNRM Vaccination Center,” he added.
Altogether 04 COVID-19 patients are admitted at GB Pant Hospital so far, whereas today no asymptomatic patient got admitted at Covid Care Center, he added.
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