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*09.20am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 1,218; number of cases climb to 37,336: Union health ministry. (PTI)
*Tamil Nadu govt likely to decide today on reopening of Tasmac outlets.
*Chief secretary K Shanmugam issued an order to provide e-passes for industries to enable movement of employees and others and standard operating procedure for social distancing in offices, workplaces, factories and other establishments in line with the Centre’s guidelines.
*Though the Centre has issued zone-based guidelines for relaxing lockdown restrictions for the next two weeks, the state government is expected to come out with its own set of restrictions. The new rules may be more liberal than the existing ones in the state, but not to the extent envisaged by the Centre, say sources.
*Chennai police commissioner on Friday ordered 14 people detained under the Goondas Act for stopping the burial of the doctor who died of Covid-19 on April 20. Two Chennai corporation engineers and ambulance crew members were also attacked at Anna Nagar during the incident.
*Chennai corporation commissioner G Prakash on Friday attributed spike in cases in the city to five clusters — residents who returned from foreign countries, attendees of the Tablighi Jamaat event held in Delhi, participants of a prayer meet held at Thiru-vi-ka Nagar, cases that traced their origin to a media house in Royapuram, and a cluster that sprung up from Koyambedu market.
*09.20am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 1,218; number of cases climb to 37,336: Union health ministry. (PTI)
*Tamil Nadu govt likely to decide today on reopening of Tasmac outlets.
*Chief secretary K Shanmugam issued an order to provide e-passes for industries to enable movement of employees and others and standard operating procedure for social distancing in offices, workplaces, factories and other establishments in line with the Centre’s guidelines.
*Though the Centre has issued zone-based guidelines for relaxing lockdown restrictions for the next two weeks, the state government is expected to come out with its own set of restrictions. The new rules may be more liberal than the existing ones in the state, but not to the extent envisaged by the Centre, say sources.
*Chennai police commissioner on Friday ordered 14 people detained under the Goondas Act for stopping the burial of the doctor who died of Covid-19 on April 20. Two Chennai corporation engineers and ambulance crew members were also attacked at Anna Nagar during the incident.
*Chennai corporation commissioner G Prakash on Friday attributed spike in cases in the city to five clusters — residents who returned from foreign countries, attendees of the Tablighi Jamaat event held in Delhi, participants of a prayer meet held at Thiru-vi-ka Nagar, cases that traced their origin to a media house in Royapuram, and a cluster that sprung up from Koyambedu market.
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