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February 02, 2021 12:58 IST
There were 417 locally acquired infections and the source of infection of 12 others was not known.
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After the toil, cleansing: A doctor being disinfected by Corporation staff after he supervised a COVID-19 screening camp at the Corporation office in Kozhikode on Monday. K. Ragesh
There were 417 locally acquired infections and the source of infection of 12 others was not known.
A total of 432 people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Kozhikode district on Monday. The daily test positivity rate was 12% when 3,599 samples were tested.
There were 417 locally acquired infections and the source of infection of 12 others was not known. Kozhikode Corporation had 97 cases of local transmission, Olavanna 23, and Omassery 21. As many as 390 people recovered from the infection and the active case load from the district now is 7,922. As many as 3,527 health workers were given the vaccine at 41 centres on Monday. Six deaths were rep
Children given polio drops
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1,35,537 kids were immunised in Thoothukudi
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Through 1221 camps, a total of 1,35,537 children in the age group of 0-5 years were administered polio drops here on Sunday.
Every year, as per the WHO protocol and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare guidelines, the polio vaccine had been administered to children across the country. The two dosages administered over a gap of 15 days, was being given to the children. Apart from the Health department, officials from other government departments, NGOs and service organisations led by the Rotarians were roped in on the mega project.
Somadas Chathannoor, singer and Bigg Boss Malayalam contestant, dies at 42
Somadas participated in the Bigg Boss Malayalam 2020 but quit the show midway because of a medical emergency. Somadas , Twitter
Updated: Jan 31, 2021, 03:10 PM IST
Popular Malayalam singer and former Bigg Boss contestant Somadas Chathannoor died of a cardiac arrest on Sunday. Somadas was undergoing treatment at Government Medical College Hospital, Kollam following complications arising out of COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. He had recovered and had tested negative for the novel coronavirus, it had caused an infection to his kidneys.
According to a report in The News Minute, Somadas, 42-year-old, was a native of Chathannur of Kollam passed away at 3 am on Sunday.
822 fresh cases in Kozhikode, active caseload crosses 8,000
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2,490 health workers administered vaccine on Saturday
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2,490 health workers administered vaccine on Saturday
As many as 822 people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Kozhikode on Saturday even as the active case load in district surged to 8,050.
The district is just behind Ernakulam in terms of the high number of fresh cases.
According to the District Medical Officer, there were 808 locally acquired infections and the source of seven others was not known.
Kozhikode Corporation accounted for 175 cases of local transmission, while Unnikulam had 39, Nochad 25, and Chorod 22.
The number of recoveries were 744. Six deaths were reported from the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, on Saturday, while two others died on Friday. As many as 2,490 health workers were given the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday.
Nothing wrong in antigen tests
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January 29, 2021 21:02 IST
Belief of many that over reliance on them led to State’s current predicament is unfounded
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Belief of many that over reliance on them led to State’s current predicament is unfounded
Kerala’s “over reliance” on antigen tests, which are less sensitive, rather than the gold standard test, RT-PCR, is responsible for the State’s current predicament, a huge majority believes. How factual is this?
“There is a clear distinction between testing a person for clinical diagnosis and testing for public health surveillance. From a public health perspective, one should worry less about test sensitivity and prioritise testing frequency and faster turnaround time. Even the most sensitive RT-PCR test has a sensitivity of only about 70% which means that we are likely to miss 30%,” said T.S. Anish, Associate Professor of Community Medicine, Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvanant