Deferred in Punjab
In Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh the rollout has been put on hold. The UT administration said it had not received vaccines an issue echoed by the Punjab government.
“We have not received the vaccines yet. We have placed the order of one lakh vaccines and would be able to start vaccination as soon as we get the vaccines. Registration process for vaccination, however, is underway but slots would be given only after receiving the vaccines,” Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary (Health) for Chandigarh told The Hindu. “It is unlikely that 18 plus vaccination will start tomorrow (May 1),” he added.
50 percent of COVID patients in Tamil Nadu are in home quarantine, says top health official
“Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms must get themselves screened at the Corporation screening centre. They would be guided on admission or home quarantine from here,” said Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan
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A health worker taking a patient suspected to have infected with Covid, for testing at KMC, in Chennai, on Friday | P Jawahar By Express News Service
CHENNAI: About 50 percent of COVID-19 patients in Tamil Nadu are in home quarantine, Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan said on Saturday.
Addressing reporters, he said 50.8 percent of COVID-19 patients are in home quarantine and 8.85 percent patients are in COVID-19 care centers, while 25.8 percent are at hospitals and the remaining comprise daily discharge and admissions.
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CHENNAI: Actor Vivekh, who suffered a heart attack on Friday, had a 100% blood clot in his left artery and it may not be related to Covid vaccination, said Dr Raju Sivasamy, vice-president of SIMS hospitals.
Addressing reporters here, Dr Sivasamy said what the 59-year-old actor suffered was a separate cardiac event called “ventricular fibrillation”, resulting in decreased supply of blood to the brain.
“This is actor Vivekh’s first attack. It is a severe one. We have done an angiogram, followed by angioplasty, and have placed a stent. He is presently critical, in the ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) and it may take at least 24 hours for him to improve,” said Dr Sivasamy.
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