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Port Blair, June 16: Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament has requested the Director General of Police to sympathetically consider granting extension to the Home Guard volunteers whose tenure are to be completed in the month of June 2021.
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Port Blair, June 16: The Member of Parliament, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma today felicitated the anganwadi workers of Ward No-1 in a programe organized by Shri Shahul Hamid.
The Member of Parliament distributed free ration kits to the anganwadi workers and lauded their contribution during the pandemic. Anganwadi workers also presented mementos to the Member of Parliament for taking up their salary issues in the Parliament.
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Commences Collection of Samples for RT-PCR from Little Andaman
Port Blair, June 15: The South Andaman District Administration is proactively and efficiently carrying out the testing aspect of the 5-fold strategy of COVID Management. The Mobile RAT team is conducting tests at various locations within South Andaman District. Arrangements have been made for collection of RTPCR samples from Little Andaman.
Read more: Mobile RAT Team Collects Random Samples from More than 20 Villages in South Andaman
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UT Administration to Provide Free Vaccination for Islanders, Targets 100% Coverage
Port Blair, June 15” The Hon’ble Lt Governor, A&N Islands had made a request to Hon’ble Prime Minister on 31/05/2021 for providing the vaccine doses directly by the Central Government for the category of 18-44 years of age group as per the earlier system of 45+ age group, free of cost.
Pursuant to the above request of Hon’ble Lt. Governor, A & N Islands, the Govt. of India announced the revised guidelines on 08.06.2021 for implementation of National COVID Vaccination Programme. Under these guidelines, the vaccine doses are to be provided by the Central Government to States/ UTs free of cost for the category of 18-44 years of age also. The revised guidelines have been issued in this regard which state that Government of India will procure 75% of the vaccine doses being produced by the manufacturers in the country and it will be provided free of cost to States/UTs as has been the case from the commencement of the National Vaccination programme and these doses will be administered by the States/UTs free of cost to all the citizens as per priority through Government Vaccination Centres. The Prioritized groups will be:
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Four Corona Positive Cases Detected In Spite of Carrying Negative RT-PCR
Port Blair, June 15: The Secretary (IP&T), Shri Sunil Kumar Singh today said that there is no shortage of essential commodities in A&N Islands. It is also being ensured that there is no shortage of cooking gas and its availability throughout the islands is constantly being monitored. The Secretary also said that price capping of the vegetables is also monitored continuously and it is ensured that the prices do not go beyond the fixed price.
Read more: A&N Administration Ensures Availability of Sufficient Stock of Essential Commodities