Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Friday expanded existing locking until August 9 without new relaxation.
The case of Covid-19 fresh every day reported in the country has increased marine for the past week.
The government also observes that in some places, especially within city limits, people tend to go crowding, thus paving the way for infections to spread further.
District collectors, corporate commissioners and police have been told to close these places to prevent crowding, according to the official release of the government on Friday.
Other locking norms will continue to valid until the next announcement.
This means that educational institutions, theater cinemas, bars, pubs, swimming pools and zoos will continue to close.
Inter-country bus transportation (except to and from Puducherry), cultural and political events are also not permitted for the next 10 days.
Other commercial shops and companies will be permitted to function up to 9pm.
Hotels, bakeries, tea shops and roadside shops will also be left open until 9pm but only with 50% customer capacity.
The government’s order reaffirms that actions against those who violate social distance norms and other guidelines that fit Covid will continue.
Minister of Man Chief M K Stalin urges people to avoid stepping unnecessarily so that the third wave of Covid-19 is expected to be avoided.
Relaxation is given earlier so that people’s livelihoods will not be further affected, but if people fail to follow the Covid-19 guidelines, we will face serious problems, he said.
“Muta, we can see crowding on shopping streets, places of worship and wedding space.
People try to cheat local authorities by inviting more guests to a wedding compared to what is permitted.
We need to remember that Covid is not lost, and more Countries have watched waves in a case once more, “J Radhakrishnan, state health secretary, told the media on Friday.
The district collector has also been told to adhere to existing micro-level detention plans and treatment-track-track-vaccine strategies, releases added.