Sukshma Ramakrishnan

Journalist, to whom often exciting things happen on their own, who thinks life is always beautiful 🌺🌸 Official news tweets at @sukshmar37

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@ividenokku Wtf?! But short films? Really? 😭 Missing you is true though ❤️😭

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Even as cases of UK variant of #COVID19 emerged in #TamilNadu, health experts said that there is no cause for panic as these are just like normal Covid-19 cases. But, they warned that the variant is more infectious and so safety measures must be followed to prevent spread.

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Amid concerns over the new virus strain of SARS CoV-2 from the UK, the #TamilNadu health officials are tracing all UK returnees. In #Madurai, a 38-year-old man has tested #COVID19 positive so far from among 88 UK returnees. His sample is sent for genome sequencing to NIV, Pune.

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@ividenokku It's okay

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Multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) with link to Covid-19, which was first reported in countries like UK, is now emerging across #TamilNadu. Though rare, awareness is needed to prevent it developing into life threatening complications, say docs.

#COVID19

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While active Covid-19 cases are beginning to come down in #Madurai, district's Covid-19 death rate at 2.46% continues to remain highest in #TamilNadu and well above state and national average. Around 4 deaths per day are recorded now while 6-7 deaths per day were seen in July.

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Madras High Court initiates suo motu proceedings based on @timesofindia reports in #Madurai on delays in reporting of Covid-19 test results published on July 19-20. The PIL is being taken up for hearing today.

#COVID19 #TamilNadu #CovidTesting #TNCoronaUpdate #TNFightsCorona

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Their mother suffers from mental illness while their father had his hands full just to ensure family's survival. But, these twins persevered to become school toppers. Now, they aim to be first gen graduates. A heartening story from #Madurai. 🌻🌻

#12thExamResult #TamilNadu

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Covid-19 deaths cross 100-mark in #Madurai. Here's a detailed look at the major factors involved in the 101 Covid-19 deaths recorded here. An overwhelming 89% of Covid-19 death cases here were of patients with co-morbid conditions. Diabetes, hypertension top list.

#CovidDeaths

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In 10 days, there have been 20 Covid-19 deaths in #Madurai, including five cases of younger patients between 25-40 years without co-morbid conditions. Docs say they are doing their best and treatment protocol is updated to include all latest globally approved drugs.

#CovidDeaths

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Amid depressing times, here's a heartwarming story from #Madurai! Three siblings, aged between 48-52 yrs who are staff nurses at Government Rajaji Hospital recently did their bit serving Covid-19 patients! A tale of a rare family of nurses in #TamilNadu. 🌼🌼🌼

#CovidWarriors

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@pkr_madras @ranjim @sukshmarTOI Thank you. It was actually after the big story in Chennai was broken though. Just doing what little I can. Many more journos from Chennai and the districts, both English and Tamil media are doing incredible work at this time of pandemic despite challenges. Most heartening to see.

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Heartbreaking story from #Madurai. A 45-year-old woman died of Covid-19, 3 days after giving birth to healthy twin babies. The woman already has 2 daughters and conceived for the 3rd time via IUI treatment, 13 years after last child birth.

#CovidDeaths

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At least six Covid-19 deaths in south #TamilNadu within just past 1 week are yet to be recorded in the TN medical bulletin. As per the bulletin, total deaths in the region stays at 12 and no new deaths reported since May 31.

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An 82-year-old veteran Tamil writer Karnan from Sellur in #Madurai is in dire straits in #Covid19 lockdown. Authoring 50 books including historical acounts from freedom struggle, once celebrated, now is in distress. Yet, keeps writing.
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20 #TamilNadu natives who after much struggle returned from South America on May 21 now left stranded in #Delhi. Already spending 2 months of #COVIDLockdown there without income, they are now forced to bear all costs of travel and stay with no hope to return to TN as of now.(1/2)

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Today, there were several discrepancies in numbers of local Covid-19 cases and those from other states as per the daily medical bulletin by #TamilNadu health department. For Theni, Kanyakumari and Madurai, 9 cases from other states were given as local cases as per bulletin. (1/n)

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Southern region records lowest Covid-19 cases per district in #TamilNadu with 57 cases per district. Experts point to factors including population density being a major factor influencing number of Covid-19 cases.

#CoronaUpdates #TNCoronaUpdate #Covid_19 #coronavirus

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I speak to the invisible Covid-19 warriors who work behind the scenes in laboratories testing samples for Covid-19 and giving us accurate results. With huge workloads, the 21-member team at Madurai Medical College Virology Lab, sweat it out day in and day out.

#COVID19warriors