The Tamil Nadu government has constituted a special task force to tackle mucormycosis or black fungus. The 12-member committee is chaired by the Director of Medical Education (DME) and will advise the state government on issues related to .
The committee, which comprises 12 members including medical experts drawn from a number of specialities from government and private hospitals, would advise the government on prevention and treatment of the fungal disease
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Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan was on Tuesday administered with the COVID-19 vaccine at a city hospital. The actor-politician was inoculated a day after the nationwide vaccination of 60 plus age group and those aged between 45-59 with co-morbidities was launched, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving the first shot on Monday. I took the coronavirus vaccine at Sri Ramachandra Hospital. Those who care not only for themselves but also for others should get vaccinated, Haasan said in a tweet that was accompanied with a picture of him getting vaccinated. Immunisation of the body immediately (and) vaccination against corruption next month. Get ready, he said in an apparent reference to the April 6 Assembly elections.
India took a step forward in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic on Monday as it began the process of administering the vaccine to citizens. With some help from the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech s Covaxin - developed with the help of the Indian Council of Medical Research and National Institute of Virology - and Covishield which was jointly processed by the Oxford University, British-Swedish company AstraZeneca, and manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune, the country found hope as pictures of people taking the shots surfaced. The inoculation drive entered its second phase on Monday in which the coverage was expanded to include everyone above 60 and those over 45 with co-morbidities.