A 22-YEAR-OLD nurse working in a private hospital here was admitted with A(H1N1) influenza to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Wednesday night.
The woman, hailing from Kerala, developed severe respiratory problems on returning from her hometown.
She was administered Tamiflu tablets and quarantined at a special ward in the CMCH.
Will end stagnation on road and inundation of nearby houses: Mayor
Twin objective:Mayor R. Venkatachalam explains the features of a rainwater harvesting structure built by the Coimbatore Corporation at Chinthamani Nagar in ward no:62 .
Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), Coimbatore has decided to step up the drive for enhancing green cover by schools and also to plant 10,000 saplings with the help of industries.
CHENNAI: A team of experts from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will visit forest areas in Sathyamangalam, Coimbatore and the Nilgiris for three days from next Monday to approve funding for the State Forest Department's Natural Resources Management Project.
Coimbatore: The zonal conference and state executive committee of the Tamil Nadu Forest Staff Association have appealed to the State Government to increase the manpower to three-fold from the present strength in areas prone to man-animal conflicts.
The Tamil Nadu Government will frame a policy for the sustainable exploitation of mineral resources, announced the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr M.K. Stalin, in the Assembly today.
This was part of a number of initiatives in his reply to the debate in the Assembly on the demand for grants to the Industry Department.
ERODE: Erode MP A. Ganesha Murthi has appealed to the Central Government to declare Erode, Coimbatore and Tirupur districts as Special Zone for Organic Farming and initiate concerted efforts to promote the organic farm practices.
Many farmers in the three districts had taken up organic farming at a large scale. A majority of the people in the districts depend on agriculture for their income.
Coimbatore: Farmers in Kurumbapalayam, Kullakkapalayam and Podanur in Achipatti area of Pollachi have urged the administration to take steps to control the pollution caused by two companies.
Villagers in a signed memorandum to the Collector pointed out that the pollution emitted by these two companies was effecting the ground water and agricultural lands.
