MK Stalin has tested positive at a high time when Tamil Nadu has been witnessing a huge rise in daily Covid cases, triggering the possibilities of yet another wave.

Signifying the recent spike of covid cases, Vijayakanth said the Tamil Nadu government should take serious action to control the spread of corona and create awareness among the people about the prevention of coronavirus.

On Sunday, Tamil Nadu recorded 1,472 cases and of these, around 1,100 cases were reported from these districts while no Covid deaths were recorded on Sunday. 

Though the numbers are not in a distressing fashion, the health department has been urging the people to take their vaccines. 

The development has come when Maharashtra has reinforced the mask mandate in the public places and added a thousand fresh Covid cases to its tally.  

The development has come when the Union government has written to several states including Maharashtra over a rise in Covid cases. 

A 5-year-old girl had complaints of itching and rashes and her samples have been collected to ascertain whether she has contracted the monkeypox.

In what has become a dreadful development, prominent institutions in Chennai have been turning out to be a Covid cluster after several students had tested positive for the pandemic. 

Surjewala has asserted that though Sonia Gandhi had developed health complications, her schedule for appearing before the ED hasn't been changed.

The health secretary has said that the rise in Covid cases in Chennai and several other parts of the state indicates that immunity levels are declining.