No fresh COVID-19 case in Andamans

The incoming passengers from the mainland require two doses certificatewhereas for travelling to inter islands there exist other restrictions. All those restrictions can be relaxed to the best possible way for encouraging the tourists and entrepreneurs, the former Andaman and Nicobar Islands BJP chief added.

The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands remained unchanged at 7,665 as no fresh infection was detected on Thursday, a health bulletin said.

The Union territory's coronavirus death toll also remained unchanged at 129 as no fresh fatality was registered, it said.

The archipelago now has nine active cases, while 7,527 people have been cured of the disease to date.

The administration has thus far tested over 6.11 lakh samples for COVID-19, and inoculated over 2.94 lakh people, of whom 2.18 lakh have been fully vaccinated, it said.

Meanwhile, BJP leader Vishal Jolly has urged Chief Secretary Jitendra Narain to restore the pre-COVID movement of public transport, relax inter-island travel restrictions for both locals and tourists and increase the number of boats.

The BJP National Executive Committee member, in a letter to the chief secretary, said, “…these days we have been witnessing that due to non-availability of an adequate number of boats to avail to and from the journey for Swaraj Dweep, Little Andaman, Campbell Bay route, Diglipur, Mayabunder, Rangat, Baratang, Long Islands etc., the local populace, as well as tourists, are facing acute hardships.” “The traveling restrictions are still very much in place for inter-island movement. The incoming passengers from the mainland require two doses certificate…whereas for traveling to inter islands there exist other restrictions. All those restrictions can be relaxed to the best possible way for encouraging the tourists and entrepreneurs,” the former Andaman and Nicobar Islands BJP chief added.

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