A healthcare worker collects the swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 testing at Chennai International Airport on. | Photo Credit: Velankanni Raj B. The mandatory random testing at airports in Tamil Nadu of 2% samples of people arriving from other countries for COVID-19 has been dispensed with in accordance with the revised guidelines issued … Read more
The Health Department commenced the mass programme every Sunday beginning September 12 and has since been conducting it every week. Tamil Nadu has inoculated 86.95 per cent of its population with first dose of vaccination against Covid-19 with 4,20,098 people getting covered during the 17th mega vaccination camp held on Sunday, State Minister Ma Subramanian … Read more
On the Omicron cases, the bulletin said the total number of cases remained 121 while 98 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours leaving 20 active cases. Tamil Nadu continued to witness a rise in new coronavirus cases with 1,594 being added afresh on Sunday, pushing the cumulative tally to 27,51,128 while the … Read more
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
Chennai: A decision on opening schools for classes 9 to 12 would be taken after seeking the opinion of parents on November 9, the Tamil Nadu government said here on Wednesday. The move to hold consultations comes days after Chief Minister K Palaniswami had said that schools would start functioning from November 16 for standards … Read more