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AAA As many as 650 people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and 718 recovered in the district on Sunday.
The source of infection of 63 people could not be traced. Seven health workers have newly tested positive.
Thrikkakara recorded 34 new cases of the infection, Perumbavoor registered 20 and Angamaly 18. A total of 25,641 people remain in quarantine. The district’s active case load is 8,990.
For testing, 4,707 samples were sent on Sunday. Of the people recovering from the infection, 49 are at the Government Medical College Hospital and 68 patients are at the PVS Hospital. At Fort Kochi Taluk Hospital, 23 patients are being treated, while 601 patients are at private hospitals. At second-line treatment centres, 320 people are being monitored while 234 people are at first-line treatment centres.
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January 08, 2021 14:35 IST
The Union Health Minister was in Chennai on Friday to review the State’s COVID-19 vaccine dry run
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan with TN health Minister C. Vijayabaskar at a COVID-19 vaccination dry run at Apollo Hospital in Chennai on Friday | Photo Credit:
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The Union Health Minister was in Chennai on Friday to review the State’s COVID-19 vaccine dry run
The electronic vaccine intelligence network (eVIN), now converted into a CoWIN platform, is now tracking details of potential beneficiaries for the COVID-19 vaccine, the place where he/she is likely to get the vaccination, pre and post-vaccination including issuing an electronic certificate, following up for the second dose through detailed text messages and reminders, according to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
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790 persons test positive; 15 districts report under 10 infections each; 897 persons discharged
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A woman is treated at the COVID-19 follow-up clinic at the Government Medical College Hospital in Omandurar Estate, Chennai on October 28, 2020.
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790 persons test positive; 15 districts report under 10 infections each; 897 persons discharged
Tamil Nadu’s daily case count dropped under 800 on Friday. A total of 790 persons tested positive for the infection, taking its tally to 8,24,776.
As many as 897 persons were discharged following treatment, while eight more persons succumbed to the infection. Till date, 8,05,136 persons have been discharged. The State’s toll stood at 12,208.
Dry run held across central region ahead of vaccination for COVID 19
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Doctors of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi take part in the COVID-19 dry run on Friday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY
A mock vaccination exercise was conducted at select hospitals and primary health centres across the central districts on Friday ahead of the COVID 19 vaccination expected to be taken up soon.
The trial was conducted at the Tiruchi Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital and four other healthcare facilities in Tiruchi. The dry run was held to check the quality of the facility, the software used to register beneficiaries among other aspects.
MCH house surgeons call off strike
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Hospital can resume IP facilities for non-COVID patients, says Collector
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Hospital can resume IP facilities for non-COVID patients, says Collector
Following a meeting with the District Collector, house surgeons and students of Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kalamassery, withdrew their strike demanding that inpatient (IP) facilities for non-COVID patients be resumed at the hospital.
District Collector S. Suhas told representatives of the students union and house surgeons association that the MCH could go back to its regular functions with IP facilities for non-COVID patients once the District Hospital at Aluva was converted into a COVID-19 care centre by January 31. Emergency inpatient services can resume immediately.