Priority list for COVID-19 vaccine ready, 21,000 personnel getting trained to deliver shots: Tamil Nadu
Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said 46,000 centres for the purpose of vaccination has been identified and requisite infrastructure to handle the immunisation drive was ready.
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CHENNAI: A list of people who should be inoculated on priority in Tamil Nadu is ready and 21,000 personnel were being trained and 46,000 centres identified in the state for the rollout of the immunisation exercise after the vaccine is made available, a top state health official said here on Thursday.
The comprehesive list, including about five lakh health workers, all other frontline personnel like those from municipal administration, revenue and police, the elderly and those with co-morbidities is ready, Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said.
A list of people who should be inoculated on priority in Tamil Nadu is ready and 21,000 personnel were being trained and 46,000 centres identified in the state for the rollout of the immunisation exercise after the vaccine is made available, a top state health official said here on Thursday. The comprehesive list, including about five lakh health workers, all other frontline personnel like those from municipal administration, revenue and police, the elderly and those with co-morbidities is ready, Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said. Referring to a meeting with Secretary, Union Health Ministry via a virtual link on Wednesday, the top official said 21,000 personnel who could give vaccination shots have been identified and they were being trained.
The Greater Chennai Corporation authorities in coordination with public health department were monitoring the health status of returnees by following measures already in place, he said.
Six passengers, who travelled on Air India’s London- Delhi flight, that arrived on Monday have tested positive for COVID-19.
Five passengers were found positive at Delhi airport and another person, who boarded a connecting flight to Chennai from the national capital tested positive here.
After a new variant of the coronavirus, said to be more virulent surfaced in the United Kingdom, a majority of the country was brought under a ‘strictest’ lockdown with all non-essential businesses being shut.
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The passenger, who tested positive has been admitted to the state-run King s Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research here, Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said.
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A passenger who arrived here from London via Delhi has tested positive for coronavirus and genomes from his sample would be analysed to see if it matched with the new strain of the pathogen detected in the United Kingdom, a senior official said here on Tuesday. The passenger, who tested positive has been admitted to the state-run King s Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research here, Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said.
Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami inaugurates Amma mini-clinic in Salem, highlights govt’s achievements
In the history of India, Tamil Nadu is the first State to get 11 new government medical colleges in a single year.
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SALEM: Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami inaugurated Amma mini clinic at Kondalampatti zone in Salem on Wednesday evening. Health Minister C Vijayabaskar and Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan were among those present. The chief minister also inaugurated the completed works at Salem City Municipal Corporation (SCMC) under the Smart City Project.
Speaking at the function, Palaniswami said, “The first Amma mini clinic in the district was inaugurated today to provide quality treatment to the underprivileged. Within the next ten days, 2,000 Amma mini clinics will be inaugurated across the State. Considering poor women unable to spend money at private hospitals for delivery former chief minister late J Jayal