Tamil Nadu government will not impose lockdown suddenly, to use software to identify hotspots

Tamil Nadu government will not impose lockdown suddenly, to use software to identify hotspots

Tamil Nadu to ramp up contact tracing and designating hotspots (Representative Image, PTI) The Tamil Nadu government will not suddenly announce another lockdown in the state that can create unnecessary panic among the common people, state’s Health and Family Welfare Department secretary J Radhakrishnan said. Talking to the Indian Express he informed that there is … Read more

Coronavirus: Sero survey shows one-fifth of Chennai’s population exposed to COVID-19

Coronavirus: Sero survey shows one-fifth of Chennai’s population exposed to COVID-19

The study was conducted after samples from 12,045 people across 51 wards were collected and tested for Coronavirus antibodies. A recent sero survey conducted in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai showed one-fifth population of the city had been exposed to the novel Coronavirus. The sero survey was conducted by the National Institute of Epidemiology and checked the … Read more