Tamil Nadu CM also said there will be total lockdown without any relaxations on all the Sundays in the month of August
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami. Pictures/Twitter CMO Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Thursday announced the extension of Covid-19 lockdown till Aug 31, with certain relaxations in the existing restrictions.
In a statement issued here, Palaniswami said based on the discussions held with District Collectors on Wednesday, with the medical experts on Thursday and with senior ministers the Covid-19 lockdown which was supposed to come to an end on July 31 has been extended till August 31 across the state.
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#TamilNadu Chief Minister #KPalaniswami (@CMOTamilNadu) on Thursday announced the extension of #Covid19 lockdown till August 31, with certain relaxations in the existing restrictions.#CoronaPandemic pic.twitter.com/XpgcL40tBZ
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He also said there will be total lockdown without any relaxations on all the Sundays in the month of August.
The relaxations from August 1 for areas coming under the jurisdiction of Greater Chennai Police are:
- All business organisations functioning with 50 percent of staff can operate with 75 percent staff.
- Restaurants and tea stalls can have dine-in facility with a 50 percent seating capacity between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m and take away service can be offered till 9 p.m. Air conditioner should not be operated.
- Small temples, mosques and churches could be opened for public worship but not big places of worship.
- Vegetable and grocery shops can function between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. Other shops can function between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
- E-commerce companies can supply essential and non-essential items.
- In the case of containment zones, lockdown will be strictly implemented.
- E pass should be obtained for travelling from one district to another or from one state to another.
- Independence Day will be celebrated in the state wearing masks and maintaining social distance.
- No religious meetings will be allowed.
- Tourists are banned from entering tourist places.
- Hotels, resorts will not be operated except for Covid-19 isolation purposes.
- Malls, theatres, swimming pools, schools, colleges will continue to remain closed.
- Public transport - bus, train, metro rail and international flight services - will not be operated.
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