Tamil Nadu Covid lockdown news live: State to float global tenders to procure Covid-19 vaccines
Tamil Nadu Covid lockdown news live: State to float global tenders to procure Covid-19 vaccines
Tamil Nadu received half the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses that three other states with similar populations did, data released by the Union health ministry show. At least eight districts – Chengalpet, Dharmapuri, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram, Ranipet, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai and Vellore – reported 100% occupancy of ICU beds, while Kancheepuram and Dharmapuri showed zero oxygen beds. On Monday, there were 1.5 lakh active cases with 54,443 patients in various hospitals in TN. Over the past14 days, Chennai has accumulated 82,140 new Covid-19 cases and more than 70% of them are in home isolation, waiting for visits from healthcare nurses and sanitary workers. Stay with TOI for more updates:Read Less
13 May 2021, 00:26 AM
The Karnataka government announced postponing the Common Entrance Test- 2021 following the postponement of the second pre-university exam this year. The exam will now take place from August 28 to 30, the government said.
13 May 2021, 00:26 AM
Global tenders would be floated for procurement of COVID-19 vaccines and all steps shall be taken expeditiously to inoculate those between the 18-45 age group, the Tamil Nadu government said. Chief Minister M K Stalin has also ordered industries and medical departments to immediately set up more units to produce oxygen and procure it from steel plants located in other states and it should be brought to TN through trains.
3 held for bid to buy Remdesivir with fake papers and in the name of dead patient
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AAA Three persons were arrested for allegedly attempting to buy Remdesivir vials at Government Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital using the documents of a dead patient and forged records of a patient.
The police identified the accused as Sathish Kumar, 37, of Ponniamman Medu; Christy Paul, 34, of Ayanavaram; and Selvakumar, 43, of Madhavaram. Two persons carried the prescription written for a recently deceased COVID-19 patient, while the other accused had the photocopies of documents of a patient undergoing COVID treatment.
The trio got the doctor’s prescription and the patient details, a few days ago, from those standing in the queue at KMC, said the police. They had copies of medical documents on the pretext of offering to help to photocopy the documents to be submitted at the counter.
Visual at Government Kilpauk Medical College in Chennai (Photo/ANI)
COVID-19 crisis: People in large numbers queue up to procure Remdesivir from govt medical college in Chennai ANI | Updated: May 10, 2021 18:48 IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 10 (ANI): People in large numbers gathered outside Government Kilpauk Medical College in Chennai on Monday to procure Remdesivir, a drug used in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, for their family members.
Speaking to ANI, an individual who was standing in a queue to buy medicines, Imran said, I badly need this Remdesivir, it is very important for my mother. I have been trying this for the past 3 days. The entire process is in serious trouble. If we handle the pandemic this way, I don t think there will be a recovery soon. I think I might get infected like this.
TN govt plans to set up counters to sell Remdesivir in other districts
May 09, 2021
Move aimed at cracking down black marketing of the Covid drug
In a major relief for Covid-19 patients and their relatives living in various districts, the Tamil Nadu government plans to open counters in Madurai, Coimbatore, Salem, Tirunelveli and Tiruchirapalli to sell the critical anti-viral drug Remdesivir.
They need not come to Chennai to buy the drug, said Health Minister M Subramanian on Saturday.
As there is a huge demand for the drug and to avoid black marketing, the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation sells it directly to patients only at the Government Kilpauk Medical College (KMC) in Chennai. Relatives from across the State undergo a lot of ordeals to procure it by standing in the long queue. Many even join the queue overnight to get the drug in the morning.