Chennai, Dec 27 (bpNS) The think tank of the Government of India, Niti Aayog has ranked the state of Tamil Nadu second in the health parameters after Kerala which continued with its position of number one. Telangana state follows Tamil Nadu for the third place, according to a statement from the Government of India body. […]

Chennai, Dec 27 (BPNS) The  Tamil Nadu health department in a statement said that it has inoculated 17.31 lakh, people, during the 16th mega vaccination drive conducted on Sunday. According to information from the health department around 50,000 centres were set up for the mega vaccine drive, the 16th of its kind in the state. 5,17,126 people […]

Chennai, Dec 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Government Doctors association in a representation to the Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has requested to shift school and college classes purely to online mode and to shut down the offline classes. The TN Government Doctors association president, Dr. K. Senthil in a representation to the Chief Minister said that […]

Chennai, Dec 26 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) will be reopening some of its Covid -19 care centres to prevent spread of Covid cases. Urban community centres in Injambakkam in Sholingallur Zone and Manjambakkam in Manali will be converted into Covid care centres, sources in the corporation informed BPNS. The GCC will be planning […]

Chennai, Dec 26 (BPNS) The samples of a Covid -19 positive couple and their one child who had returned from South Africa to Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu were sent for whole-genome sequencing to ascertain whether they have Omicron strain in their samples. The couple and their children had arrived from South Africa on December 15th and their […]

Chennai, Dec 26 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department has commenced preparations to vaccinate youngsters in the age group of 15-18 years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that the vaccination in this age group would start from January 3rd, 2022. The state health minister, Ma Subramanian while speaking to reporters at Chennai […]

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 26 (BPNS) Kerala health minister, Veena George has said that the state health department was ready to vaccinate children in the age group of 15- 18 in the state. The minister said that the state had already vaccinated people above 18 years of age and that state has 15 lakh children in the […]

Chennai, Dec 25 (BPNS) Experts from the World Health Organisation including have warned the Tamil Nadu health department for the possibility of sudden spurt in Omicron cases and to prepare the health infrastructure for any sudden rise in cases. The experts have warned the possibility of a hike in cases following inadequate vaccines and lack […]

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 28( BPNS) Kerala Education Minister, V. Sivankutty has said that more than 5000 teachers of the state have not yet inoculated themselves. He said that this could not be justified and that the security of children is of prime importance to the Government. He was speaking to media persons at the state capital […]

Chennai, Nov 28 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department has issued advisories to all the district collectors to be on high alert over the new variant of Covid -19 virus, Omicron . The World Health Organisation (WHO) has already stated that this is a highly dangerous variant and hence the state government has issued advisories to […]