Thiruvananthapuram, June 17 (BPNS) For the fourth consecutive day, the state reported more than 3000 fresh cases of Covid-19. On Friday, 3253 cases were reported, with the most coming from Ernakulam (841), Thiruvananthapuram (641), Kottayam (409), and Kozhikode (234). As per WHO’s India situation report, released on June 15,  for the last two months in […]

Dileep V Kumar, Thiruvananthapuram, June 17 Despite an increase in fresh coronavirus infections, the state government is yet to take a call on implementing new surveillance strategies. It turns out that the state is yet to devise a strategy for rolling out the wastewater/ sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2. The strategy, it’s said, can provide an […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 15 (BPNS) With the state’s Covid-19 case graph registering a steep increase, the health department has decided to focus on improving the vaccination coverage. As a first step, it has decided to organize a six-day vaccination campaign to boost the precaution dose coverage. The campaign will get kick-started on Thursday. The department has […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 (BPNS) After a gap of almost three months, the state’s daily Covid-19 case tally breached the 3000 mark. For the two consecutive days – June 14 and 15 – more than 3000 cases were reported.  The cumulative case tally of the state stands at 18,345.  At the same time, the union health ministry’s […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 14 (BPNS) The state health department is planning to launch grass-root level awareness of the scrub typhus disease. This follows upon the assessment that lack of awareness coupled with a misconception about the disease has resulted in getting infected and sometimes loss of life. Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a […]

Dileep V Kumar, June 13, Thiruvananthapuram The dengue prediction model is set to get a fillip in the country through the Thiruvananthapuram-based Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies (AMCHSS). The centre, which is a part of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, has developed a framework to understand the relationship […]

Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department in a mega vaccination drive against Covid -19 has inoculated 13.83 lakh people on Sunday. The drive which is the 30th mega vaccine drive in the state that commenced on September 12, 2021, was held at 1 lakh centres. According to the Tamil Nadu health department data, the […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (BPNS) A 39-year-old woman, Sabitha died of Scrub Typhus disease in Parassal, Thiruvananthpuram district. She was suffering from the disease for the past fifteen days and passed away today morning. Ashwathi, a fifteen-year-old girl, died at Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district due to Scrub Typhus on Thursday. She was awaiting the results of […]

New Delhi, Jun 11  A single-day rise of over 8,000 fresh COVID-19 cases was recorded in the country after 103 days, pushing India’s infection tally to 4,32,13,435, while the count of active cases jumped to 40,370, according to Union Health Ministry data on Saturday. A total of 8,329 new coronavirus cases were reported in a […]

Chennai, June 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health department has sent missives to district collectors of  Chennai, Chengalpattu, Ranipet, Tiruppatur, Tiruppur, Madurai, Myladuthurai, and Theni for increasing the vaccination rate and to coordinate with the district health officials as vaccination rate is low in these districts. With the mega vaccination drive on June 12, Sunday with […]