Port Blair, Dec. 21: As the New COVID sub-variant ‘JN.1’ is spreading rapidly in the country, Mr. TSG Bhasker, Chairman of Congress Campaign Committee has requested the Chief Secretary, A&N Administration to take advance safety measures to prevent the spread of virus in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

In the letter, Mr. Bhasker highlighted that Kerala has reported several cases of the new COVID sub-variant and now Tamil Nadu is also reporting such cases along with many other states.

“To safeguard our Islanders, please ensure that the medical team is apprised of the situation and are ready to tackle any contingency which appears because of the COVID outbreak in our Islands. Also the medical equipments like oxygen concentrator have to be kept tested and ready so that the patients do not have to face any hardships”, stated Mr. Bhasker.

Further, he urged the Chief Secretary to conduct awareness programmmes for the medical staffs as well as for the general public. He added that the paramedics who have worked during the COVID phases earlier have to be also kept ready and on alert.