Chennai, July 9(BPNS) Sikkampattu village in Ulundurpet block and Devi Agaram in Tirkovilur block became the first two villages in Tamil Nadu to achieve a hundred percent coverage of their eligible population with the first dose of the vaccine. A statement from the State Public health department on Friday said. Both these villages are in […]

Chennai, July 7(BPNS) While the villagers of Tamil Nadu were initially hesitant and not allowing to get themselves vaccinated, the situation has changed over the days with most of the villagers getting the first dose of the vaccine and Nilgiris becoming the first district to inoculate all eligible people. Some villages in Tamil Nadu is […]

Chennai, July 5(BPNS) The Public Health experts of the state have warned the government of an imminent return of the Covid pandemic if the Standard protocols are not maintained during the relaxations provided. Heavy rush was witnessed in several public places of Chennai, including Marina beach, and streets that serve food and other necessities, markets, […]

Chennai, July 4(BPNS) Even as the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu created history by vaccinating almost all the eligible populace of the district including all the tribes being vaccinated, in certain tribal pockets of Coimbatore, the tribes refused to vaccinate with men even climbing trees and women running to the river to fetch water to […]

Chennai, July 2(BPNS) Tamil Nadu state Public health department has planned a massive outreach programme involving volunteers, NGO’s and other social organisations to conduct a massive door to door campaign over Covid awareness and the necessity to wear masks, safe distancing, use of sanitisers, and vaccination. The  department has formulated the new plan following reports […]

Chennai, July 1(BPNS) The vaccination drive which was on stagnant in Tamil Nadu for the past two days due to the shortage of vaccines will resume on Thursday after the state received 2.5 lakh doses on vaccines by Wednesday evening. Vaccine shots have been despatched to all districts by late evening. In the month of […]

New Delhi, June 30(BPNS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India and the Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Nepal in 17 November 2020 and 4 January2021 respectively. The objectives of this MOU are collaboration on […]

Chennai, June 30(BPNS) With the state having only 50,000 doses of vaccine left for Wednesday, most of the vaccination centres in the state are likely to shut down and vaccination being restricted only to a select few across Tamil Nadu. The state immunization wing has already communicated to the Union government on Tuesday evening to dispatch […]

Chennai, June 30(BPNS) The Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu has become the first district in the state to inoculate the first dose of vaccine to whole of its tribal population.  The Nilgiris district collector Innocent Divya while speaking to IANS said that the district administration has completed the first dose of vaccination to all its […]

Chennai, June 30(BPNS) As the state had only 50,000 vaccine doses left on Wednesday, the drive was slowed down and several vaccination centres shut down. The state has vaccinated frontline workers and those who are on the priority list with the 50,000 doses that it had on Wednesday morning. The stock is now exhausted and the […]