Port Blair, Sept. 28: 5 COVID positive cases have been detected today in A&N Islands from incoming flight passengers who arrived here yesterday. Today, 11 flights with 1825 passengers arrived, out of which, 1615 passengers were vaccinated with both doses while RT-PCR test was conducted on 180 passengers and the reports are awaited.  

During RAT conducted on 26 passengers bound for North & Middle Andaman at Ferrargunj, no positive case has been detected. At Phoenix Bay Jetty, 23 passengers were tested with RAT, no positive case has been detected. RAT was conducted on 8 passengers at Mohanpura Bus Terminus and no positive case has been detected.