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 […]

Chennai,March 18 (BPNS) After a lull of six days, Tamil Nadu reported one Covid death on Thursday from Cuddalore district. The state had 70 Covid -19 fresh cases on Thursday with 17 districts reporting no Covid -19 cases and nine other districts having one Covid -19 case each. The Cumulative death toll in the state […]

Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Public health department in association with local bodies and school education department will vaccinate 21.2 lakh children in the age group of 12-15 years age group. The state health minister Ma Subramanian in a statement on Thursday said that the school authorities and health department must ensure that the […]

Puducherry, March 15 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry did not report any fresh Covid -19 cases on Monday for the third consecutive day. The state health department in a statement said that of the 43 samples tested for Covid -19 infection, none turned positive. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu also reported less than 100 fresh Covid […]

Chennai, March 12 (BPNS) After a gap of nearly two years, Tamil Nadu recorded zero Covid deaths on Friday, according to Tamil Nadu state public health department. The last time the state reported zero death due to Covid was on April 30, 2020. The number of fresh cases on Friday however stood at 112. Sixteen […]

Chennai, March 12 (BPNS) Poor road facilities and lack of hospital or Primary Health Centre have led to a tribal family in Isalattu near the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) in Tamil Nadu carrying an unwell, elderly woman in a cloth cradle to a general hospital in the main settlement. According to tribal leader Madhusoodanan, the […]

Chennai, March 11 (BPNS) Tiruppathur police arrested a 53-year-old quack, Sugumar, posing as a doctor and conducting scanning in the remote areas of the district adjacent to forest areas. He was arrested on Thursday and produced before a judicial magistrate court and was remanded in judicial custody. According to police, Sugumar and his accomplice and […]

Chennai, March 11 (BPNS) After Ramesh (50), a worker of Tiruchy corporation died due to Covid -19 on May 9,2021, his family conducted his creation without securing a Covid -19 death certificate. This led to the doctors of the hospital refused to provide the Covid death certificate as the cremation was already over. The procedures […]

New Delhi, Mar 8  India logged 3,993 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 662 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,29,71,308, while the active cases dipped to 49,948, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,15,210 with 108 fresh fatalities, the data updated at […]