Chennai, August 9(BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has said that the previous AIADMK government has brought heavy losses to the exchequer during Covid management. The minister said that the AIADMK government had spent exorbitantly on the expenses of front line health workers as well as for buying the Covid management kits at high […]

Puducherry, August 6(BPNS) Giving big relief and respite to the health department and health workers, the number of active Covid -19 cases have come down to 888 on Thursday, the second time in the past three days for the cases to have fallen below the 900 mark. The number of fresh cases in the Union […]

Chennai, August 6(BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has said that the number of testing for Covid -19 pandemic is increasing in the state. The minister said that on Thursday the state has conducted 1.58 lakh RT-PCR tests and added that Tamil Nadu is testing more than 1.5 lakh samples a day. Ma Subramanian […]

Chennai, August 6(BPNS) Tamil Nadu has stepped up measures to check passengers arriving from Kerala through road, rail or air. At the Kerala, Tamil Nadu border, heavy police force is deployed with a DySp in charge of each check post. Tamil Nadu has announced that it would allow passengers from Kerala only if they had […]

Chennai, August 5( BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department is actively focusing on complete vaccination of the frontline Covid warriors of the state including health workers, policemen, taxi, auto drivers, volunteers. According to the state health department, while 80% of the frontline workers were inoculated with the first dose of vaccine, only 37% have taken […]

Chennai, August 5(BPNS) The districts of Coimbatore and Tirupur started imposing new curbs after a slight spike in Covid- 19 cases. Coimbatore on Wednesday reported 226 cases while it was only 208 cases on Tuesday. Tamil Nadu health officials are keenly watching the sudden increase in the number of fresh Covid -19 cases. The number […]

Chennai, August 4( BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has said that the state has received 79 lakh doses of Covid 19 vaccines for the month of August.  He said that of these 17 lakh doses would go to the private sector and the balance would be used by the state government. In a […]

Chennai, August 3(BPNS) With the Covid -19 cases in Tamil Nadu showing fluctuations with the increase in some days and fall in other days, a study on the samples of Covid-19 positive patients has found that the Delta variant is dominant in the majority of samples. Dr. Selvavinayagam, Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine,  […]

Chennai, August 3(BPNS) The Madurai district collector has banned the retail sale of flowers and vegetables and fruits taking into account the possibility of a Covid -19 spread following the festival season . Madurai district administration has already banned entry to temples including the famous Madurai Meenakshi Temple till August 8 in view of the […]

Chennai, July 23(BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has said that 2 crore people were administered vaccines against Covid -19 in Tamil Nadu as on Thursday. The minister in a statement said that the list comprises of pregnant women, lactating mothers and differently-abled persons. Ma Subramanian while speaking to BPNS said, “As on Thursday, […]