HEALTH

Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu has made wearing masks mandatory and violators will be charged with Rs 500 as a fine. The Tamil Nadu public health department in an order issued on Friday said that considering the rising cases of Covid -19 in the country especially in Delhi, the state was making the wearing masks […]

Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department officials on Friday said that 18 persons including students and staff tested positive for Covid -19 on Friday.  With 18 more testing positive for Covid -19, the total number in IIT Madras who have tested positive for the pandemic in the last two days is 30. The […]

Puducherry, April 21 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry reported zero Covid 19 cases on Thursday after a span of nine days.  The one patient who was detected with Covid -19 recovered on Thursday. Puducherry health department in a statement said that of the 198 samples tested for Covid -19 infection on Thursday. The Union […]

New Delhi [India]: Even as some of the States and Union Territories are seeing a significant rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, the top scientist believes that the surge in infection will not lead to the fourth wave by any chance. Speaking to BPNS, the former Chief Scientist of the Indian Council of Medical […]

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 […]