TN announces ’total lockdown’ from May 10 to 24 to beat COVID-19

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Chennai, May 08, 2021: With Tamil Nadu witnessing a sharp increase in the covid-19 cases, the government on Saturday announced clamping a two-week ’total lockdown’ across the state to curb the spread of the pandemic.

MK Stalin

Chief Minister M K Stalin said in a statement that the lockdown was being enforced due to ’unavoidable reasons’ and pointed out that the decision was taken based on inputs received at a review meeting he had with district collectors on Friday, besides consultations with medical experts.

’The total lockdown will be enforced from 4 am on May 10 to 4 am on May 24,’ he said.

Tamil Nadu saw 26,465 new coronavirus cases on Friday, pushing the caseload to 13.23 lakh while a record 197 deaths in the last 24 hours took the toll to 15,171.

According to the health department, the active cases stood at 1,35,355.

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