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Deaths are seen mainly in severe cases of COVID-19 which require admission into Intensive Care Units (ICU). And while tests by RT-PCR kits can provide results in six hours, it often takes between 24 to 48 hours for the patient to access results due to processes when done in government…
The state government has projected that GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) of Tamil Nadu is likely to fall by nine to ten percentage points from 8.1% growth as estimated in 2020-21 Budget to -1% to -2%. This projection is internal and could change if there is another lockdown before the…
Trigger warning: This article is about anxieties faced by students over a variety of issues relating to education. If you are depressed or having suicidal thoughts, help is at hand. Contact SNEHA at 044-2464 0050. Remember, suicide is not a solution to any problem. It was a black Saturday for…
“Initially we were very apprehensive that we were going to have more mortality,” Dr Asha Frederick, Joint Director of Medical & Rural Health Services (TM) who is part of the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme’s Tamil Nadu TB Cell, admitted to The Lede. Her patients already had lung disease – tuberculosis.…
On July 15, Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami gave consent to conduct clinical trials of the BCG vaccine in Chennai as per requests from ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research), the nodal body for COVID-19 treatment strategy in India. Clinical trials are ongoing but doctors are already excited…
On Wednesday, the Coimbatore Chief Judicial Magistrate court granted three days of police custody to the CB-CID, of three accused arrested in the case of the death of an alleged Sri Lankan underworld don. Angoda Lokka, 36, a notorious don from Sri Lanka, is suspected to have been poisoned to…
