Emerging from a 100-day lockdown, punctuated by a brief, fortnight-long exit, the city on Monday opened up to brisk business. Stay with us for all the latest updates:
* The state government has banned four private laboratories in Coimbatore district from collecting reimbursement from the Tamil Nadu Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme for Covid-19 tests they run in Coimbatore.
The four labs Microbiological Laboratories, Orbito Asia, Bioline and Krishna Laboratory will also not be able to run samples collected by public health authorities or Coimbatore Corporation. This move comes after an insurance company, United India Insurance, found out that the said four labs were suddenly testing an extraordinary number of samples, some of them suspected to be unnecessary
* In the wake of the success of plasma therapy on a few Covid-19 patients in the state, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) in Trichy has also decided to take up the method of treatment in the hospital soon.
* The Madras high court has refused to stay online classes for school students till the Centre frames guidelines for conduct of such classes. Additional solicitor-general R Sankaranarayanan said the Centre is likely to publish guidlines by July 15. The HC was hearing pleas that sought to regulate compulsory online classes, saying increased screentime has an adverse impact on physical and mental development of children.
* In view of the apprehensions of parents and teachers that the move may limit students’ career options, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday cancelled its order that introduced threesubject groups for higher secondary classes. Now, all schools will offer only foursubject groups in Class XI from 2020-21.
* The state government has banned four private laboratories in Coimbatore district from collecting reimbursement from the Tamil Nadu Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme for Covid-19 tests they run in Coimbatore.
The four labs Microbiological Laboratories, Orbito Asia, Bioline and Krishna Laboratory will also not be able to run samples collected by public health authorities or Coimbatore Corporation. This move comes after an insurance company, United India Insurance, found out that the said four labs were suddenly testing an extraordinary number of samples, some of them suspected to be unnecessary
* In the wake of the success of plasma therapy on a few Covid-19 patients in the state, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) in Trichy has also decided to take up the method of treatment in the hospital soon.
* The Madras high court has refused to stay online classes for school students till the Centre frames guidelines for conduct of such classes. Additional solicitor-general R Sankaranarayanan said the Centre is likely to publish guidlines by July 15. The HC was hearing pleas that sought to regulate compulsory online classes, saying increased screentime has an adverse impact on physical and mental development of children.
* In view of the apprehensions of parents and teachers that the move may limit students’ career options, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday cancelled its order that introduced threesubject groups for higher secondary classes. Now, all schools will offer only foursubject groups in Class XI from 2020-21.
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