Coronavirus | 50% of persons testing positive fall in 18-45 age group, T.N. Health Secretary says
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Stressing the necessity for everybody to take precautions in opposition to the virus and put on masks, the Health Secretary stated transmission was on the rise in Chennai — from 3% to 4.5% now
Persons in the age group of 18 to 45 years accounted for greater than 50% of COVID-19 instances in Tamil Nadu, Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan stated.
Shortly after inspecting the Government Corona Hospital on the King Institute of Preventive Medicine campus in Guindy on Wednesday, he informed reporters that the share of persons who had examined positive for COVID-19 in the age group of lower than 18 years was 8%. He went on to focus on the necessity for everybody to take precautions in opposition to COVID-19. He urged political leaders additionally to advise individuals who participate in political conferences to put on masks.
The Centre has acknowledged that COVID-19 instances had been excessive in 10 locations, together with in Maharashtra. But Chennai was not amongst these cities. However, COVID-19 transmission was on the rise in town — from 3% to 4.5% now, he stated, in line with a press launch.
A complete of 1,124 persons with COVID-19 are present process therapy on the 4 authorities hospitals in Chennai. The metropolis has a complete of 4,368 beds for sufferers with COVID-19, whereas 56,000 beds have been readied in authorities hospitals throughout the State. COVID-19 Care Centres with 70,000 beds are additionally prepared, he added.
Areas the place illness transmission was excessive had been being recognized, he stated, including that on this foundation, greater than 600 locations had been demarcated as containment areas. People ought to keep away from visiting crowded locations and should put on masks, he stated.
Noting that the quantity of deaths as a consequence of COVID-19 was rising, he stated that steps had been being taken to scale back deaths.
Additional vaccine doses
Tamil Nadu would obtain further doses of vaccines — 10,40,000 doses of Covishield and a couple of lakh doses of Covaxin — on April 2. Eighty per cent of persons have been vaccinated in authorities hospitals and 20% in personal hospitals. Action could be taken on any complaints of extra charging for vaccination at personal hospitals, he stated.
Stating that healthcare employees had been risking their lives in COVID-19 administration, he urged individuals to maintain this in thoughts and lengthen their cooperation .
R. Narayana Babu, Director of Medical Education, E. Theranirajan, dean of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital and K. Narayanasamy, director of Government Corona Hospital had been current.
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