Ma Subramanian, Tamil Nadu’s Minister for Medical and Family Welfare, stated on Sunday that all educational institutions in the state have been instructed to guarantee that students above the age of 18 be vaccinated in order to attend offline sessions.
The Minister’s declaration follows reports of COVID outbreaks among students on the Anna University campus.
“All (college) department heads have been directed to ensure that eligible students get inoculated,” he said. Subramanian was speaking to reporters after participating in a Rotary International event near here in Mahabalipuram.
When asked about the nine Anna University students who tested positive for Covid-19, he said they were fine and were being treated at the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research in Guindy. Meanwhile, a medical bulletin by the health department said the state registered 674 new coronavirus cases aggregating to 27,35,389 while the toll mounted to 36,612 with 13 more deaths.
708 persons were discharged in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 26,91,054, leaving 7,723 active infections, according to the report.
In the last 24 hours, 1,01,165 samples were tested, bringing the total number of specimens evaluated to 5.54 crore.
With 116 and 102 new illnesses, respectively, Chennai and Coimbatore accounted for the majority of new infections, while the rest was divided throughout other districts.
Fewer than ten Covid-19 infections were detected in 22 areas. It further stated that there were no incidences in Ramanathapuram and Tenkasi.
