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 […]

New Delhi, June 29(BPNS) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has hailed ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) for aiding India’s COVID battle.  The Minister said, under the inspiring leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the […]

Chennai, June 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu which has stopped vaccination in many parts of the state including its capital, Chennai on Monday due to the shortage of vaccines is still facing a shortage of vaccines for inoculation on Tuesday also. While the state has received 2 lakh doses of vaccine  on Monday evening, the possibility […]

Chennai, June 29(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department will open special Covid care centres and wards and upgrade existing clinics at medical college hospitals for people who have recovered from Covid-19. Even as 97% people who have tested positive for the infection are discharged from the state registry, many people are yet to recover fully […]

Chennai, June 28(BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation( GCC) has suspended its vaccination drive for June 28 following a shortage of vaccines. The GCC website on June 27 mentioned that there would not be any vaccination from June 28 and that the drive would commence once the vaccine arrives. However, sources in the GCC told BPNS […]

Chennai, June 18(BPNS) Even as the Covid -19 fresh cases and active cases are on the downslide in Tamil Nadu, the Case Fatality Rate(CFR) is on the rise in the state creating a major cause of worry for the state public health officials. While Chennai’s fresh cases came down from 6247 to 689 and active […]

Nearly 13 % of new borns, whos mothers contracted Covid – 19 during delivery, have tested positive for Covid soon after birth in the state However, the majority had mild symptoms and they recovered soon. Data from the directorate of health services (DHS) shows that as on October 21, 2020, about 1,835 Covid positive pregnant […]