NEW DELHI: Days before Koyambedu market, a wholesale hub in Chennai, emerged as a major hotspot leading to a spike of over 200 new Covid-19 cases, a team of researchers at IIT-Madras had submitted reports to state government officials based on their work on mobility data mapped from Facebook users. […]
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The Koyambedu wholesale market, that attracts people from across Tamil Nadu looking to sell their produce or seeking jobs, has become a super spreader of Covid-19, pushing many districts back into the red zone from the orange zone as infections rise. From Cuddalore in northern Tamil Nadu to Dindigul in […]
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu saw an enormous surge in the number of Covid-cases on Monday with a whopping 527 people testing positive for the infection, a government media bulletin confirmed. The number of children below the age of 12 who have tested positive stood at 190. A large number of these […]
Chennai: Tamil Nadu reported the highest ever single-day spike in cases on Tuesday with the State reporting 121 cases and taking the total tally of cases to 2058. Chennai accounted for 103 of the 121 cases on Tuesday. The number of children below the age of 12 who have tested […]
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu reported one more death and 64 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Sunday as five cities in the State went into a total lockdown, a government media bulletin confirmed. The bulletin said those between the age group of 13-60 were the most affected in the State with the […]
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced a complete lockdown in Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore from 6am on April 26 till 9pm on April 29 in a bid to intensify the efforts to curb the novel Coronavirus that has been spreading rapidly in the State. In Salem and Tirupur corporations, […]
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced that there would be relaxations for certain activities and services in rural areas and non-containment zones across the State. This comes after the Chief Minister on Monday categorically announced that there would be no relaxations in the restrictions till the end of […]
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu reported 49 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Friday with the death toll remaining at 15, the Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said on Saturday. This takes the total tally in the State to 1,372 cases. He said the death rate in the State continued to be 1.1% and […]
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu reported the lowest number of cases in over a fortnight on Thursday with one death and 25 fresh cases of Covid-19, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said while calling the pandemic a “big challenge.” “It is a disease of the rich. People who had travelled abroad or to […]
NEW DELHI: As pangolins come under the scanner as potential intermediate hosts of the novel coronavirus transferred from bats to humans, Indian wildlife conservationists warn that the states of Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand are emerging as the hotspots for the poaching of the endangered scaly anteater mammal. A recent study, […]