Puducherry, July 20(BPNS) Lt. Governor of Puducherry, Tamilisai Soundaraajan has said that there was no shortage of vaccines at any point in time in the Union Territory of Puducherry. The Lt. Governor was addressing students of the Bharathidasan government college for women. Tamilisai said that the Union territory is in fast-forward mode to vaccinate the […]

Puducherry, July 19(BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry reported less than 50 fresh cases on Monday and the Test Positivity Rate(TPR) of the territory has come down to 0.8%. This is the first time in four months that the number of active cases in the Union Territory has come down to less than fifty fresh […]

Chennai, July 18(BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has said that preference in vaccination will be given to natives of pilgrimage towns of the state. He said that Tiruvannamalai, Nagore, Velnakanni, and Rameshwaram towns have been identified for this purpose. The state health minister was speaking after inaugurating a  vaccination camp at St Xavier’s […]

Chennai, July 15(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Health minister Ma Subraminan will meet the Union health minister, Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on Thursday for more vaccine supply to the state. The minister reached the national capital on Wednesday. The minister will press the Union government for a good supply of vaccines to the state as after […]

Chennai, July 15(BPNS) When Covid second pandemic was rearing its ugly head several NGO’s and voluntary organisations had joined hands with the government including the primary health centres and corporations to create vaccine awareness and even conducting vaccination camps across the state. The NGO Aid India has , according to its directors, worked in around […]

Puducherry, July 15(BPNS) Sixteen children aged between 1 and 8 years are under treatment in various hospitals of the Union Territory of Puducherry after tested Covid -19 positive. This was announced by the Director, Health and Family Welfare, Government of Puducherry, Dr. S. Mohankumar in a statement. According to the Director, 12 children are aged […]

Chennai, July 14(BPNS) The Greater Chennai corporation will fine apartment sites, residential sites, small shops and premises and malls, and other buildings if found to have stagnant water in their premises that breed mosquito larva. With intermittent rains on a daily or alternate basis, the puddle of water is turning into breeding grounds of mosquitos […]

Chennai, July 15(BPNS) The Animal Husbandry departments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have commenced vaccinating the livestock near the Anaikati border after a cow elephant was found dead due to Anthrax in the Anaikati forest area. The Tamil Nadu veterinary department and the animal husbandry department are vaccinating livestock including cow, goat, buffalo, and ox […]

Chennai, July 13(BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting the latter for a special allocation of 1 crore vaccine doses to the state. In a letter forwarded to the Prime Minister on Tuesday, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister requested Narendra Modi to correct the imbalances […]

Chennai, July 13(BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian inaugurated the pneumococcal vaccine for children under the age of five years on Tuesday at a Public health centre at Poonamalle. In his inaugural address, the minister said that bringing in Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine( PCV) under a universal immunization program will reduce the death rate in […]