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High Court had ordered his body to be re-buried at a Christian cemetery based on his wife’s petition
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High Court had ordered his body to be re-buried at a Christian cemetery based on his wife’s petition The Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner has preferred an appeal against an order passed by a single judge of the Madras High Court on March 31 directing him to arrange for exhuming the body of a neurosurgeon who died of COVID-19 in April 2020 as his body was buried at a cemetery at Velangadu near New Avadi Road much against the wishes of his wife.
TN’s Covid-19 vaccination drive back in full swing after Assembly elections
April 10, 2021
1.18 lakh people were inoculated on Friday, April 9 Covid-19 Vaccination in Tamil Nadu is back in full swing after the elections to Tamil Nadu Assembly on April 6 with the daily number of inoculations crossing the one lakh mark (1.18 lakh) on Friday even as the number of new daily Coronavirus cases in the State has been steadily increasing.
Vaccination on April 4 dropped to a new low of 15,168 from a high of 1.52 lakh on March 22 even as people showed hesitancy to go and get vaccinated citing elections as a reason. However, post the elections, the number of inoculations has been increasing. As on April 9, a total of 36.05 lakh persons have been inoculated so far in the State, according to State Health Department data.
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Ensure COVID-19 SOPs are followed, Tamil Nadu s Chief Secretary tells government officials
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Last Updated: Mar 16, 2021, 05:41 PM IST
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The COVID-19 virus positivity rate has increased to two per cent in places like Chennai and Coimbatore while in districts like Chengalpet, Thiruvallur, Tiruppur, Kancheepuram, Thanjavur and Nagapattinam it is over one per cent.
With a surge in fresh COVID-19 cases of late, Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Rajeev Ranjan on Tuesday instructed various government department officials to ensure that COVID-19 standard operating procedures were strictly implemented. At a review meeting, the chief secretary also instructed officials to fine those violating the guidelines.
As COVID-19 cases rise, Tamil Nadu to fall back on proven strategies to prevent second wave
In the past few weeks, Tamil Nadu has seen a gradual rise in the number of new cases as well as in the test positivity rate.
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A man poses after receiving a dose of Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a government hospital. (Photo| AFP)
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CHENNAI: As Tamil Nadu stands at the precipice of an intensive poll campaign, Health officials have acknowledged a surge in Covid-19 cases and instructed local health workers to fall back on proven containment and surveillance strategies.