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 […]

India recorded its highest Covid-19 tally in 102 days on Wednesday with 35,886 patients testing positive for the virus as Maharashtra continued to be the worst-affected state as the fresh wave of infections surges, accounting for 64%of the daily count in India. Maharashtra added 23,179 fresh cases, the highest in six months since September 17 […]