Two more COVID Care Centres to come up near Thisaiyanvilai, Valliyoor
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Speaker M. Appavu and Collector V. Vishnu inspect the COVID-19 treatment centre at Universal Engineering College near Valliyoor in Tirunelveli district on Tuesday.
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As the number of fresh COVID-19 cases from Radhapuram area is on the rise, two more COVID-19 Care Centres, each with 200 beds, are coming up in St. Antony’s College of Education at Kumarapuram near Mannaarpuram Junction and Universal Engineering College near Valliyoor. Speaker M. Appavu and Collector V. Vishnu visited these colleges on Tuesday to check the beds being kept there and the other allied facilities that are being created to receive the patients.
The oxygen allocation was revised keeping in view the current scenario of active case-loads across various States, and the amendments would be effective from May 25
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After procuring 12 cryogenic oxygen tanks, each with 20 tonnes capacity from China for transporting medical-grade liquid oxygen from neighbouring States to Tamil Nadu for saving the COVID-19 patients, the State Government is set to import four more cryogenic oxygen tanks with similar capacity from Taiwan.
“They will reach Tamil Nadu within a couple of days,” Minister for Industries Thangam Thennarasu said after inaugurating the vegetable and fruit vehicles to be operated by the local bodies here on Monday.
He said the 12 cryogenic oxygen tanks, as planned by the Tamil Nadu Government, had reached Chennai from China, which would be used to transport safely medical-grade liquid oxygen from the sources to the hospitals. To strengthen this supply chain further, the State Government had placed orders for four cryogenic oxygen tanks, each with 20 tonnes capacity, from Taiwan, which would reach Tamil Nadu within a couple of days.
They will help to further strengthen supplies to hospitals: Thennarasu
After procuring 12 cryogenic oxygen tanks, each with a capacity of 20 tonnes, from China for transporting medical-grade liquid oxygen from neighbouring States, the Tamil Nadu government will import four more tanks with a similar capacity from Taiwan.
“The tanks from Taiwan will reach Tamil Nadu in a couple of days,” Minister for Industries Thangam Thennarasu said after inaugurating the sale of vegetable and fruits from vehicles here on Monday. He said the 12 cryogenic oxygen tanks had reached Chennai from China. The government had ordered four tanks from Taiwan to further strengthen the supply chain. Moreover, 1,500 oxygen cylinders, ordered by the State, had reached the Visakhapatnam harbour from Singapore. “They will reach Chennai on Tuesday,” he said.
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