<p>Puducherry: Twelve people have tested positive for <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/covid-19">Covid-19</a> in Puducherry, a top official of the Department of Health and Family Welfare Services said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>V Ravichandran, Director of Health and Family Welfare Services, in a press release, said the department had been screening individuals with cough and cold symptoms as per instructions from the Union Health Ministry.</p>.No need to panic, health infrastructure robust: Tamil Nadu govt on 'spurt' in Covid cases.<p>Over the past week, 12 people have tested positive, it added.</p>.<p>Urging the public not to panic, Ravichandran said the Health Department was fully prepared to handle any emergency.</p>.<p>Four beds have been earmarked for Covid-19 patients at the Government General Hospital, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute in Kadirkamam, and Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital for Children.</p>.<p>A six-bed ward with ventilator and oxygen support has also been set up at the Government Hospital for Chest Diseases in Gorimedu, he said.</p>.<p>The Health Department is closely monitoring the situation in coordination with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in New Delhi.</p>.<p>The department has also reviewed data on respiratory infections, including the common cold, Influenza-like Illness (ILI), and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).</p>
<p>Puducherry: Twelve people have tested positive for <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/covid-19">Covid-19</a> in Puducherry, a top official of the Department of Health and Family Welfare Services said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>V Ravichandran, Director of Health and Family Welfare Services, in a press release, said the department had been screening individuals with cough and cold symptoms as per instructions from the Union Health Ministry.</p>.No need to panic, health infrastructure robust: Tamil Nadu govt on 'spurt' in Covid cases.<p>Over the past week, 12 people have tested positive, it added.</p>.<p>Urging the public not to panic, Ravichandran said the Health Department was fully prepared to handle any emergency.</p>.<p>Four beds have been earmarked for Covid-19 patients at the Government General Hospital, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute in Kadirkamam, and Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital for Children.</p>.<p>A six-bed ward with ventilator and oxygen support has also been set up at the Government Hospital for Chest Diseases in Gorimedu, he said.</p>.<p>The Health Department is closely monitoring the situation in coordination with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in New Delhi.</p>.<p>The department has also reviewed data on respiratory infections, including the common cold, Influenza-like Illness (ILI), and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).</p>