Chennai, Jan 3 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has asked people to vaccinate fully to prevent Covid -19 and its new variant Omicron from affecting them. He was addressing people at the Government Girls Higher Secondary school on Jones Road at Saidapet in the city after inaugurating the vaccination drive to children in […]

Chennai, Jan 1 (BPNS) The government of Tamil Nadu has imposed fresh restrictions against Covid -19 from January 1, 2022. Physical classes for students of Classes up to 8th  will not be held till January 10th. This was announced by the Chief Minister’s office in a statement on Friday. Commercial establishments will be permitted entry […]

Chennai, Jan 1 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department will be inoculating 33.2 lakh students with Covaxin from January 3rd onwards. A statement from the state Public health department said that all children will be administered the vaccine following ICMR guidelines. Vaccination camps will be organized on school campuses or parents can take children to the nearby […]

Chennai, Jan 1 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on New Year day wished the people of the state happiness and well-being and requested people to vaccinate against Covid -19 immediately. In a video appeal on Saturday, Chief Minister said that the government needs the support of the people for safe and happy living. In the […]

Bengaluru, Dec 31 : Twenty-three more cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected in Karnataka, State’s Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Friday. This takes the State’s tally to 66. “Twenty-three new cases of Omicron confirmed in Karnataka today, of which 19 are international travellers from the USA, Europe, Middle-East and […]

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 31 Kerala’s Omicron cases count crossed the 100-mark on Friday after registering the highest single- day increase of 44 cases of the new variant of COVID-19. Addressing reporters here, State Health Minister Veena George said it has logged 44 more cases, taking the total number to 107. Of the 44 cases, 10 had […]

Mathura, Dec 31  A 51-year-old woman has tested positive for coronavirus here, a day after her husband was found infected with the virus upon his return from Uganda. Amit Jain (52) who had returned from Uganda a week ago was found infected with Covid, officials had said on Wednesday. “On contact-tracing, his 51-year-old wife Rinita […]

Thane, Dec 31  Thane district in Maharashtra has reported 714 new coronavirus positive cases, which raised its infection count to 5,73,887, an official said on Friday. These cases were reported on Thursday, he said. As the virus did not claim any life during the day, the death toll in the district remained unchanged at 11,616. […]

Chennai, Dec 31 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department under the directions from Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has taken stringent measures during the festival time to prevent the spike in Covid -19 cases. The union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan had written a letter on Wednesday to Tamil Nadu health secretary, J. Radhakrishnan directing him to take […]

Chennai, Dec 30 (BPNS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder leader, Dr. S.Ramadoss Thursday called upon the state government to direct schools and colleges to cancel physical classes and shift to online mode due to the surge in Omicron cases in the country. The PMK leader said that the increase in Covid -19 cases was an […]