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Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): RCC DIVA Foundation felicitated the frontline warriors who stood up to help common people during the pandemic in Chennai. The Chief Guest of the occasion was the Honourable Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Thiru O. Paneerselvam.
He had felicitated distinguished personalities of the city for their quick response in setting up Critical Care Emergency Centres containing Isolation Wards, Augmenting medical supplies, paramedical staff, setting up outbreak response command centre, launching mobile dispensaries for COVID detection, providing emergency food supplies to stranded migrants and
Read more about Surge of Corona cases in Kerala: TN steps up vigil at borders on Business Standard. The Tamil Nadu government on Monday said surveillance in districts bordering Kerala has been intensified
As neighbouring states like Kerala and four other states witness a spike in the number of new Covid-19 cases, the Tamil Nadu government has intensified surveillance in districts bordering Kerala. The government has also decided to make it mandatory for all returnees to by flight to compulsorily undergo the RT-PCR test.
While trying to bring down the number of active cases in the state, the state health department is continuing to aggressively test for the virus and tracing its contacts, informed Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan.
Expressing concern over non-compliance by people, including those who gather for political rallies, he appealed to the people not to lower the guard as five states in India have recorded an increase in cases.
Wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing should strictly be followed. It was noticed during certain political meetings that the cadres did not wear face masks or follow social distancing. Such an offhand attitude could lead to unpleasant consequences, he said and pointed out to an incident in Amaravathy district in Maharashtra where a family has been infected by the virus.
Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, apart from Kerala have recorded a surge in daily new cases of COVID-19.
The Union Health Ministry had said both Kerala and Maharashtra cumulatively accounted for over 74 per cent of India s total active cases.