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 […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 10, BPNS With the state having a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases, the health department has decided to strictly monitor influenza-like-illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) cases. The state for the fourth straight day had more than 2000 cases, as Friday recorded 2,471 cases. With this, the active case tally rose […]

Chennai, June 10 (IANS) Tamil Nadu will hold a mega vaccination camp in the state on June 12. The state will have 1 lakh centres to conduct vaccination, the state health department in a statement said. 1.64 crore people in Tamil Nadu are yet to take the vaccine in the state and the state public […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 9, BPNS For the third straight day, the state had more than 2000 fresh cases of Covid-19. With this, the active case tally is rising in the state. On Thursday, 2415 Covid cases were newly reported. At the same time, dengue, leptospirosis, and scrub typhus cases were also spiking in the state. Commenting […]

Chennai, June 9 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Medical Service Corporation (TNMSC) has blacklisted pharmaceutical company Abbot healthcare for five years. This is due to the fact that it had hidden the fact that it was banned by the Director-General of Health Services (DGHS) and Employees State Insurance Corporation. The TN Medical service corporation received a complaint […]

Dileep V. Kumar/Thiruvananthapuram, June 8(BPNS) For the state which is dealing with a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections, the rise in dengue and leptospirosis cases has come as a double whammy. To handle the same, the state health department is planning to bring in school children to spread awareness against the diseases. For that, it […]

Puducherry, June 8 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry has joined hands with Vitamin Angels India, a charitable organization to prevent malnutrition and child mortality. Office of the Chief Minister of Puducherry in a statement said that the NGO Vitamin Angels will extend technical assistance to frontline health workers of the territory and provide uninterrupted […]

Dileep V Kumar, Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 The Air India Express plane crash in Kozhikode on August 7, 2020, which resulted in the death of 21 persons including the two pilots, has come up for discussion again. This time, the conversation has been triggered by a Twitterati who highlighted an unusual factor that resulted in the […]

Chennai, June 6(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department is on high alert over the rising Covid 19 cases in the state and has directed all the district collectors to press for Covid protocols in their respective districts. The state health secretary has already communicated to the district collectors in this regard. Meanwhile the state health minister […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (BPNS) Two Lower Primary school students in Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram have tested positive for the Norovirus. The samples of 42 students who were admitted to the hospital here were tested after they complained of diarrhea and vomiting and two samples tested positive for Norovirus. All the 42 students whose samples were tested are […]