Tamil Nadu Health Minister M. Subramanian today distributed more than one thousand pulse oximeters to people who are in home quarantine. Speaking to the media in he said that almost 85 percent of the Covid patients are affected by Omicron Variant. He called upon private companies to contribute pulse oximeters to the Government under CSR schemes.<br />'' <br />''The Government today said that more than 21 thousand covid patients having slight covid symptoms and are home quarantined in cluster areas are being monitored. Methods of teleconsultation, virtual monitoring and follow up of temperatures in oxymeters are being used for monitoring them. Pulse oximeters are being given to people under home quarantine and an advise has been given to them on reading their oxygen levels.<br />'' <br />''Patients whose oxygen levels are below 92 percent and are above 60 years of age are being hospitalised. Over thousand field groups with five volunteers each are deployed for monitoring clusters. 187 doctors and health volunteers are working in Tele Consultation in Chennai alone. In a covid related development, Chief Minister M.K.Stalin took the precautionary dose at Kavery Hospital today. <br />