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22 districts see fewer than 10 infections each; four more deaths recorded Three districts — Perambalur, Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga — reported no new case of COVID-19, even as the State added 469 cases to its tally on Tuesday. A total of 22 districts had fewer than 10 cases each. In Chennai, 139 persons tested positive […]
25 new cases were registered in Puducherry region, 12 cases were recorded in Mahe and 6 in Karaikal The Union Territory on Saturday registered 43 new COVID-19 cases following 2,695 tests. The Health Department, in its update on the status of the COVID-19 situation, said while 25 new cases were registered in Puducherry region, 12 […]
The students have been admitted to Tiruppur Government Medical College Hospital, while samples of other students have been taken, health officials said A week after the reopening of schools for classes 10 and 12, three class 12 students, studying at a government school near Kangeyam in Tiruppur district, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, the […]
Effective messaging strategy shall need both a compelling story and a storyteller; credible voices will be crucial, going beyond celebrity status or political popularity Following the approval of two vaccines by the drug regulator, the prime minister has reiterated that India is on the threshold of the largest vaccination programme in the world. In that […]
After the consultation meetings, the Chief Minister will hold a discussion with the School Education Department and Health Department and take a decision on reopening of schools, School Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan said Consultation meetings with parents, students and educationalists on the reopening of schools will be held from January 4 to 8 after which […]
A small number of COVID patients who had never experienced mental health problems are developing severe psychotic symptoms weeks after contracting the coronavirus. Written by Pam Belluck Almost immediately, Dr. Hisam Goueli could tell that the patient who came to his psychiatric hospital on Long Island this summer was unusual. The patient, a 42-year-old physical […]
The 38-year-old has been admitted to Government Rajaji Hospital and his condition is stable officials said, while his samples have been sent for testing of the new variant of COVID-19 A 38-year-old man, who was one of the returnees to Madurai from the United Kingdom being monitored by Health Department officials, has tested positive for […]
At least 880 low-income neighbourhoods are expected to be covered in the drive to create awareness on the wearing of masks, at sites where residents gather to collect drinking water Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan on Saturday launched a campaign to promote the wearing of masks at locations where residents gather in large numbers, to collect […]
Now that bypolls are over, Manipur chief minister Nongthombam Biren Singh has said surveillance teams would be sent to assembly constituencies where voting was held to identify those showing symptoms of Covid-19 so that testing can be done. Singh said the step is being taken to keep a check on the spread of Covid-19 especially […]
The world has already experienced three coronavirus attacks in the 21st century, beginning with Sars in 2002, Mers in 2016 and now Covid-19. While the first two have been far less infectious but more lethal with fatality rates of 10% and 34% respectively, the Sars-CoV-2 has proved more infectious, but much less lethal with a […]