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Residents of Dairy Farm Complain of Unhygienic Conditions After The Area Was Sealed
Port Blair, Aug 4: With cases of COVID-19 soaring in the South Andaman District, the District Administration is on a mission to identify the hotspots and declare it as Containment Zones. As on date areas like Shore Point, Prem Nagar, Garacharma, Bhatu Basti, Dairy Farm, Phoenix Bay, Junglighat and Haddo has been declared as Containment Zones. Sources indicate that more such areas including Ratnam Market are on the radar.
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Port Blair, Aug. 4: The Andaman & Nicobar Islands have recorded as many as 13 deaths due to COVID-19 pandemic. Two deaths were recorded today in which an eight year old boy suffering from diabetes succumbed to COVID-19 after he was admitted in the GB Pant Hospital. The child was waiting to be airlifted to Chennai for specialized treatment but could not make it due to lack of proper treatment at Andaman’s only referral hospital, GB Pant.
Read more: Andaman Records 13 Deaths Due to COVID-19 in a Span of Eight Days
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Port Blair, Aug. 4: Owing to the increased movement of general public in the public transport, operated in the South Andaman District like Stage carriage buses, Autorickshaws and taxis, which might be one of the medium for transfer of virus between the infected and non-infected persons, the Director of Transport, Dr Navlendra Kumar Singh has issued an order to suspend the services from 4th August 2020 to 11th August 2020.
Read more: Services of Private and Govt. Busses, Autorickshaws, Taxis to be Suspended from Today
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Port Blair, Aug. 4: Having witnessing the pathetic situation in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to contain COVID-19, a local youth of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Master Adarsh Ilango has filed an official grievance with the Prime Minister’s Office. The grievance was lodged on 31st July 2020, which speaks for itself. The youth narrates:
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Port Blair, Aug 4: As a part of precautionary measures to fight the Pandemic COVID-19 the PBMC has put in extra efforts and swung into action to keep the city clean, sanitize the Containment Area, vulnerable stretches of the city and all Quarantine homes/Institutions and all markets.