Tamil Nadu government on Friday warned that it would impose prohibitory orders at night and more restrictions if the current efforts to contain the second wave of COVID-19 spread, does not fetch the desired results.
The warning comes a day after the State reintroduced multiple restrictions, effective from April 10. The restrictions have been brought back days after the voting for the Assembly election was completed on April 6.
It also comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Chief Ministers of States on the COVID-19 situation. Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Rajeev Ranjan along with other officials had attended the meeting.
An official statement on Friday said the Tamil Nadu government has taken various measures to control the second wave of COVID-19 spread and urged for co-operation from the public.
It has been decided to conduct a vaccination drive from April 14 to April 16 in respective districts and vaccinate those eligible, it added.