Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has said that the fifth mega vaccination drive against Covid -19 will be held on October 10. The minister was speaking to reporters here on Tuesday. He said that the mega vaccination camps across the state have been a major success and that in the […]

Chennai, Sept 23 (BPNS) The state of Tamil Nadu will be holding a mega vaccination camp on September 26, Sunday. This was announced by the state health minister, Ma Subramanian on Thursday. Buoyed by the success of the mega vaccination camps held on September 12 and September 19, the Tamil Nadu health department is going […]

Chennai, Sept 21 (2021) The first rehabilitation ward of South Tamil Nadu at the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) in Madurai for the destitute, opened in December 2020 is now deserted as no caregivers are present to take care of the abandoned. This is the second such centre in the state after the one in Chennai […]

Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has called upon the Union government to export vaccines to other countries only after making sure that the entire population of Indians is given at least one dose of the vaccine. He said that according to the data presented by the Union government, only one-third […]

Chennai, Sept 19(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department has administered 16, 43,879 lakh doses of vaccines on Sunday, September 19 in the second mega vaccination camp organized by it. The state public health department in a statement on Sunday said that this has taken the total vaccination to 1 crore since the beginning of the […]

Chennai, Sept 20 (BPNS) The diarrhoea control drives among children under 5 years of age of the Tamil Nadu health department will conclude on September 30. While the state health department commenced the drive on September 16, in the initial phase the focus was to create awareness among the people on the reason for the […]

Chennai, Sept 19 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K.Stalin has on Monday written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi apprising him of the resounding success in the two mega vaccination camps held in the state on September 12 and 19 as also the need for 50 lakh additional doses of vaccine every week. Stalin […]

Chennai, September 16 (BPNS) After the success of the first mega vaccination camp against Covid -19 conducted on September 12, the state health department would hold the next camp on September 19. In the first mega vaccination camp, a total of 28.91 lakh beneficiaries were inoculated which was much above the target of 20 lakh […]

Chennai, September 16 (BPNS) Even as the authorities are mulling on the reopening of schools for junior classes in Tamil Nadu, a spike in Covid -19 cases among school students have become a matter of worry for the state health and education departments. A few teachers were also tested positive for Covid -19 since the […]