HEALTH

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 […]

Chennai, March 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu recorded 41 new Covid -19 cases and zero deaths during the 24 hours ending Thursday. This is the third consecutive day that the state has reported less than fifty fresh Covid -19 cases. Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Health said in a statement. Chennai district reported 13 new cases, […]

Chennai, March 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Directorate of  Public health and Preventive medicine in a statement said that the state has reported 48 fresh Covid -19 cases in the 24 hours ending Tuesday. There are no deaths reported due to Covid -19 during this period, the statement said. The statement also said that of […]

Chennai, March 21 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu state public health department has said that there were no fresh Covid -19 cases in 21 of the 38 districts of the state for the past 24 hours ending Sunday evening. The state had 56 fresh Covid -19 cases on Sunday with Chennai district recording maximum number of new […]

Chennai, March 21 (BPNS) Students of Government Arts College at Kurumbalur and Veppanthattai in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu have said that most of the male students of the college resort to open defecation owing to unhygienic toilets. There are around 2500 students pursuing their studies at Kurumbalur college while 1500 students are studying at Veppanthattai […]

Chennai, March 20 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu public health department has in a statement said that BA.2 Sub variant of Omicron was identified in 18.4% of samples sequenced in the state from January to March 2022. It is to be noted that the BA.2 sub-variant is driving the Covid -19 cases in the United Kingdom. […]

Chennai, March 20 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has said that vaccination is the only solution for curbing the 4th wave of Covid -19. He was speaking to reporters during a brief interaction at the Tuticorin airport. He however said that there is a dip in the number of cases but asked people to […]