Port Blair, Aug. 16: Three covid positive cases have been detected today in A&N Islands from incoming flight passengers who arrived here yesterday. Today, 10 flights with 1347 passengers arrived, out of which, 1221 passengers were vaccinated with both doses while RT-PCR test was conducted on 88 passengers and the reports are awaited. 

 During RAT conducted on 19 passengers bound for North & Middle Andaman at Ferrargunj, no positive case has been detected. At Phoenix Bay Jetty, 26 passengers were tested with RAT, no positive case has been detected. RAT was conducted on 18 passengers at Mohanpura Bus Terminus, no positive case has been detected.