Chennai, Feb 16 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Public Health department will undertake testing of people at all crowded places including bus stations, railway stations, markets, and even beaches for Covid -19. This is a shift from the earlier guidelines issued by the Department of Public Health (DPH) to test contacts of positive people who have […]

Chennai, Feb 10 (BPNS) The fourth phase of the Sero surveillance study conducted by the Tamil Nadu health department has revealed that around 87 percent of people tested in the state have anti-bodies to Covid. The cross-sectional survey was conducted in December 2021 at the beginning of the Omicron variant triggered the third wave. It […]

Chennai, Feb 6 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu state public health department in a statement on Sunday said that the state vaccinated 7,91,889 (Seven lakh ninety-one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine) people during the 21st mega vaccination camp held across the state on Saturday. The state has been conducting mega vaccination camps since September 12th. Of the 7,91,889 […]

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (BPNS) Kerala recorded 26, 729 fresh Covid -19 cases during the last 24 hours after testing 88,098 samples. 22 deaths were also reported on Sunday. This was announced by the state health department on Sunday. 927 people were admitted to various hospitals on Sunday. 49,691 people recovered from the disease in the […]

Chennai, Feb 5( BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has called upon people of the state not to be excited over the reduction in the number of fresh Covid cases and instead to be careful against the spread of the disease. In a statement on Saturday, the minister said that the fresh Covid cases […]

Chennai, Feb 4 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has said that the state has vaccinated 1.59 lakh children in the age group of 15-18 with the second dose of the Covid -19 vaccine. In a statement on Friday, the minister said that 78% of those eligible in the 15-18 age group have received […]

Chennai, Feb 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Public health department has commenced inquiry into complaints from several districts of the state that private hospitals are assessing the details of Covid -19 positive patients. The Health Department has deputed its district-level officers to conduct inquiries in respective districts after several complaints were registered from all parts […]

Chennai, Jan 31 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Public health department in a statement said that the fresh Covid -19 cases in the state were coming down with all the districts of the state showing a reduction in the number of fresh cases compared to the previous days. The state reported 22,238 fresh Covid -19 cases in […]

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30 (BPNS) Kerala recorded 51,570 fresh Covid -19  cases on Sunday with 14 new deaths also reported. The state health minister’s office in a statement said that in 24 hours 1,03,366 samples were tested and detected 51,570 fresh Covid -19 cases. 5,27,362 people are under observation in various areas of the state on […]

Puducherry, Jan 26 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry has recorded 1504 fresh Covid -19 cases in the last 24 hours. This takes the total number of overall cases in the Union Territory to 1.56 lakh cases. This was announced by the Puducherry Director of Health Services, Dr. G. Sriramalu in a statement on Wednesday. […]