Tamil Nadu Covid lockdown news live: State registers 33,059 new Covid-19 cases and 364 deaths

The amendments made in the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation's tender for corona relief kit does not address the real cartelisation issue, NGO Arappor Iyakkam said on Tuesday.

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin has ordered to pay Rs 2,000, the first instalment of the Rs 4,000 pandemic assistance plan,, to people who have recently received their rice ration cards, a press release issued by the state government said on Tuesday.

Chief minister M K Stalin on Tuesday ordered use of Rs 50 crore from the relief fund for procuring drugs for COVID-19 treatment and to buy containers to bring Liquid Medical Oxygen through trains to Tamil Nadu from states like Odisha.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M KStalin has ordered a payout of Rs 2,000, the first instalment of the Rs 4,000 pandemic assistance plan, also to people who have newly received their rice category ration cards, the government said on Tuesday.

Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Tuesday said his government would take efforts to manufacture Covid-19 vaccine and high-end medical equipment in the state. Read more

Post graduate and super speciality doctors, who treat Covid-19 patients at government hospitals, have requested chief minister MK Stalin to increase their stipend.

To arrest further Covid-19 related fatalities among judicial officers, court staff and lawyers, Madras high court has ordered suspension of all judicial work in subordinate courts in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry till further orders.

Three people were caught smuggling Remdesivir medicine during a routine vehicle check in Indira Nagar, Adyar, on Sunday night. Police seized two Remdesivir vials weighing 100 mg and Rs 89,000 in cash from them.

Tamil Nadu is testing only half the number of tests required to keep spread of Covid-19 in check. While many districts struggle to increase testing, the turnaround time for results is also increasing, pushing senior epidemiologists and virologists to propose antigen testing, particularly in hotspots. Read more

Chennai reported 6,150 new cases on Monday less than 6,247 reported on Sunday and the 6,640 reported on Saturday. But active cases have increased from 46,367 on Saturday to 48,156 on Monday. After Chennai, Coimbatore had the second highest number of fresh infections -- 3,264.

Before the pandemic broke out, transwoman Shankari used to eke a living begging on the streets of Chennai. But, for more than a year, the 29-year-old has been depending on the rations doled out by NGOs to sustain herself. Despite her own struggle for survival, Shankari was one of the 50 transpeople in the city who contributed ₹1,000 each to the Chief Minister’s Covid Relief Fund. Read more

Police stationed at inter-district borders in and around Chennai were lenient on motorists as confusion prevailed over e-registration norms on Day 1 of the fresh travel restrictions to contain Covid-19. Read more

The doubling rate of the Covid-19 cases reduced to 40 days in Puducherry on Monday. Read more

On a day when Tamil Nadu’s overall Covid-19 case count since March 2020 topped 16 lakh and the death toll crossed 18,000, the state added 33,075 new cases and 335 deaths on Monday. Read more