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 […]

Chennai, September 14 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has said that even after the resounding success of the mega vaccination against Covid -19 held on Sunday, the state is still vulnerable to Covid -19. He said that there is still a large number of eligible population in the state who needs to be […]

Chennai, September 11 (IANS) The food safety department officials of Tamil Nadu conducted raids across the state on eateries specifically non-vegetarian restaurants and hotels and wayside eateries on Friday and Saturday.  Sources in the department told IANS that the raids were conducted after a ten-year-old girl in Arni, Tiruvannamalai district died of food poisoning after […]

Chennai, September 9 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Tanuvas) will open the admission process for undergraduate programmes from Thursday, September 9 for the academic year 2021-22. The courses that offered are BVSc , BTech (food technology), BTech (diary technology), and BTech (poultry technology). The process will begin at 10 am on […]

Chennai, September 9(IANS) Tamil Nadu Director of Medical Education( DME), Dr. R. THNarayana Babu has directed the deans of all Medical colleges to conduct 100% vaccination in the hospitals attached to the colleges. In a meeting convened with the Deans of Medical Colleges on Thursday, the DME said that the Medical Colleges must be prepared […]