Chennai , Jan 2 (BPNS) The genome sequencing report of the six international passengers who had landed at various international airports in Tamil Nadu has reported no BF.7 variant of Omicron. The Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian said that the two China returned passengers who tested Covid -19 positive was affected by BA5.2. One […]
Chennai, Dec 27 (BPNS) The Union Minister of State for Health, Dr. Bharati Pawar said that the government was taking initiatives for eliminating Tuberculosis from the country by 2025. The minister was speaking after inaugurating the medical records room of the department of Clinical Research at the ICMR- National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT). […]
Chennai, Dec 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has called upon the state government hospitals to ensure that they are prepared for any Covid -19 surge and to report on their preparedness to the state health department in 24 hours. The minister was speaking to media persons after inspecting the mock drill on […]
Dileep V. Kumar/ Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 25 Kerala is fearing ‘tripledemic’ as Christmas/New Year fever grips people. To tackle the same, the state is set to reintroduce non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) among its population. The ‘tripledemic’ scare, which includes, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] infections, and SARS-CoV-2 cases is being planned to tackle using NPIs like masking, […]
Chennai, Dec 25 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu state health department has said that the state has maximum XBB variants of Omicron and till now no variant of BF 7 which is causing the new wave of Covid -19 in many countries, has not been detected in the state. Dr.P. Sampath, Joint Director, Directorate of Public Health […]
Chennai, Dec 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department is readying itself for any surge in Covid -19 cases after the new variant, Omicron BF7 was detected in the country. It may be noted that there is a surge in Covid -19 cases in China and Japan and more than 480 people have died in […]
Chennai, Dec 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department would conduct 2% random testing of all international passengers reaching the airports of the state. The Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian while speaking to media persons at Chennai said that he would inspect the Chennai international airport on Saturday. The state health minister also said […]
Chennai, Dec 22 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department has given an alert to all the District Medical Officers (DMOs) on the reported Omicron variant BF.7 and the increase in the number of Covid positive cases in several countries. The State Public Health Department has already sent a letter to the Union Health Ministry for […]
Chennai, Dec 22 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin held a high-level meeting of ministers and officials at the seat of power –the Secretariat, on Thursday afternoon and directed officials to be on high alert following a surge in the Covid -19 cases in several countries. Stalin told officials to be alert and […]
Chennai, Dec 21 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government has decided to provide fortified rice to all districts of the state from April 1, 2023. This is following the directive of the central government. A pilot run of supplying fortified rice was conducted in the Tiruchy district in October 2020 and fortified rice was supplied in a […]
