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States » SouthPosted at: Oct 21 2020 2:25PM


Ahead of festive season, Palaniswami announces more lockdown relaxations in TN

Chennai, Oct 21 (UNI) Ahead of the festival season, Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday announced
more relaxations in lockdown conditions in the state, while allowing
shops and hotels to remain open till 2200 hrs from tomorrow, an
extension of one hour.
In a statement after chairing a meeting with senior Ministers
and experts at the State Secretariat on the prevailing COVID-19
situation, the Chief Minister by following the Standard Operating
Procedures (SOP) already announced by the government, said
all vegetable and grocery shops, hotels, restaurants and tea stalls
were allowed to remain open till 2200 hrs across the State, except
in containment zones.
While announcing lockdown relaxations from October one, he had
announced that these shops could function till 2100 hrs from the
earlier 2000 hrs and extended it further by an hour from tomorrow.
He said this decision was taken keeping in mind the upcoming
festival season and the need to put the economy back on the
growth path, besides the prevailing pandemic situation.
He said at a time when the spread of pandemic was coming down
during the last few days, people were advised not to assemble in
large numbers in shops and public places and wear face masks,
maintain six ft social distancing, wash their hands regularly to
prevent the virus spread.
Due to the strenuous efforts taken by the government, the COVID-19
spread was under conrol in the State and the Tamil Nadu's recovery
rate was the highest in the country and the fatalities lowest among
the States, Mr Palaniswami said.
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