Port Blair, Mar 27
The
designated laboratory for COVID-19 in A&N Islands, RMRC-ICMR, Dollygunj has
confirmed 05 (Five) more cases as positive for Novel Corona Virus Disease
(COVID-19) in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The persons who are tested
positive are also part of the same group which came from Vistara flight from
Delhi and Indigo flight from Chennai on 24.03.2020. The Administration has
already started the process of contact tracing which interalia includes of
co-passengers of the flights, the police officials and the medical team who
screened them at airport and also the staff of ambulance which transported them
to G B Pant Hospital isolation facility.
Yesterday
the Administration submitted 24 suspected cases for testing out of which 05
(Five) cases were reported as positive. Therefore, out of 60 suspected samples
only 06 (Six) cases reported positive. It is pertinent to mention that these 06
(Six) cases did not intermingle with local people and transported directly from
Airport to Quarantine / Isolation facility at G B Pant Hospital. The Health
parameters of all the confirmed cases are normal and they are responding to all
queries being asked by the contact tracing team constituted. It is pertinent to
mention that Deputy Commissioner (SA) has constituted 75 teams for contact
tracing from Rural Development Department, Panchayati Raj and Revenue
Development who are covering 25 houses each assigned to them for contact
tracing. Similar committees have been constituted in North & Middle Andaman
and Car Nicobar Districts.
The
Administration has also made elaborate arrangements for isolation/ quarantine
for persons who are suspicious of having infection of COVID-19. Isolation wards
have been setup at GB Pant Hospital (48 Beds), INHS Dhanvantri (15 Beds) and
PHC Chouldari (15 beds) for treatment. Isolation/ quarantine facilities have
been created in Govt. Guest Houses and private hotels for asymptomatic
suspicious cases. At present there are 280 rooms with attached bathroom for
asymptomatic suspicious cases. One Hotel of 42 rooms is designated as COVID-19
hospital for symptomatic suspicious cases in Port Blair.
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