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Kerala Agriculture Minister V S Sunil Kumar tests COVID-19 positive for second time

Source: PTI Thrissur: Kerala Agriculture Minister V S Sunil Kumar has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in seven months. In a Facebook post, the minister said that he was admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital on Wednesday (April 15) evening after being infected with the virus again. Kumar said his son also tested positive for the virus. The CPI leader said he contracted the infection for the second time as he was prepared to receive the COVID vaccine on Thursday. He said the test was done on Wednesday after he experienced a cold and loss of smell, he said.

Hospital beds reserved for select patients

Hospital beds reserved for select patients Updated: Updated: Home quarantine for asymptomatic patients or admitted to Covid Care Centres Share Article Home quarantine for asymptomatic patients or admitted to Covid Care Centres The district administration has reserved hospital beds for patients who need life-saving treatment to reduce fatalities. “Earlier, hospital beds were allocated to all positive patients, including asymptomatic patients. This has led to shortage of beds to those who really needed closer medical attention,” said District Joint Director for Health Services R. Manoharan. While those with least infection occupied the beds, patients who required oxygen and those with co-morbidities had to be sent to other districts.

Tamil Nadu pushes for vaccination of differently abled, athletes, traders

Tamil Nadu pushes for vaccination of differently abled, athletes, traders Updated: Updated: An appeal has been made to the Centre, says Health Secretary Share Article An appeal has been made to the Centre, says Health Secretary Tamil Nadu is pushing for the vaccination of the differently abled persons, athletes, shopkeepers and persons who have undergone organ transplantation, regardless of their age, said Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan. “It is important to give priority to differently abled persons, athletes and shopkeepers as well as persons who have undergone organ transplant without any age limitation. We have requested the Centre to allow us to vaccinate such persons. It is the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC), of which Tamil Nadu was a member, that will decide depending on the vaccine availability. We are definitely pushing for it,” he said, in reply to a question on demands from differently abled associations for vaccination

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