The special Covid vaccination campaign for pregnant women, "Mathrukavacham" began in Kerala. Vaccination will be made available in all district hospitals as part of the model program.
RBL Bank has tied up with Visa Worldwide (Visa) to issue credit cards enabled on the Visa payment network. The bank had to tie up with Visa since Mastercard cannot onboard any new domestic customers.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister M. Subramaniam said that the Union Government granted a relief package of 800 crore rupees for management of the second wave and prevention of the third wave in the state.