Chennai, April 20 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department has on Wednesday directed the district collectors to ensure that Covid -19 appropriate behaviour is followed in the state. In a circular, Tamil Nadu health secretary, J. Radhakrishnan said that the number of fresh Covid cases in the state has marginally increased from less than 25 […]

Srinagar, Apr 19  Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported nine fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 4,53,955, officials said here. While five cases were reported from Jammu district and four cases were from Kashmir, they said. Seventeen of the 20 districts in the union territory did not report […]

Chennai, April 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has called upon the people of the state to inoculate themselves against Covid -19. In a statement on Sunday, the state minister said that 49 lakh people in the state are yet to take the first dose of vaccine to date. He also said that […]

Chennai, April 5 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has assured striking nurses that the government would recruit them as and when vacancies arise. He said that the government would recruit around 800 nurses for the time being and said that the 800 nurses are part of the 4000 nurses recruited on a contractual […]

Puducherry, April 1 (IANS) The health and family welfare department of the Union Territory of Puducherry in a statement on Friday said that the territory has no active or fresh Covid -19 cases with no patients admitted to hospitals or under home quarantine due to Covid -19.  This is the first time in two years […]

Chennai ,March 31 (BPNS) The burden of sleeping disorder is underestimated, says pulminologist The obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was a neglected condition that could impact the health of individuals and their quality of life. There was a need to identify and treat the disease to avoid complications, according to doctors. “At least one-third of adult […]

Chennai, March 30 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu public health department in a statement on Wednesday said that the state reported 37 fresh Covid -19 cases on Tuesday with zero deaths. Chennai district has 20 new Covid cases becoming the district with the highest number of fresh cases. On Monday, Chennai district had reported 16 cases and […]

Chennai, March 29 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public health in a statement said that the Delta variant of Covid -19 is now totally replaced by the Omicron variant in the state. The report of the state public health department said that 68.4 percent of all whole-genome sequenced samples were of the BA. 2 […]

Puducherry, March 28(BPNS) The Puducherry health department said that the  Union Territory reported no fresh Covid -19 cases during the 24 hours ending on Sunday. This is the third consecutive day with zero new Covid cases in the Union Territory of Puducherry, the health department said. Health department Director, G. Sriramalu said that 185 samples […]

Chennai, March 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Health in a statement said that the state reported 35 fresh Covid -19 cases and Zero deaths in 24 hours ending on Saturday. The statement also said that of the 38 districts in the state, 27 reported zero fresh Covid -19 cases. Chennai district with 12 […]