Think twice before hiding travel history

If you don’t want to declare your complete travel history to the health department or inform the Covid-19 helpline, think twice as you could be inviting legal action.
The public health department plans to issue at least two more legal notices on Monday - one to a 51-year-old nurse from Narasimanaickenpalayam and another to a private hospital in the city. The department has already issued notices to a family in Bommanaickenpalayam and an auditor’s family in Velandipalayam. Officials are mulling over converting these notices to FIRs if the situation does not improve.
The health department on Monday issued a notice to a private clinic on Avinashi Road, Chinniampalayam, under the public health act of 1939 and the epidemic disease act of 1897, for not declaring the 28-year-old as an influenza-like illness case on Tuesday itself and not testing him for covid-19, or referring him to a test for the illness.
Besides this, they have issued a notice to a 51-year-old nurse from Narasimanaickenpalayam for not declaring that her son had a travel history to Chennai.TNN