Fresh Covid curbs in Tamil Nadu: Malls, theatres, locations of worship closed, lockdown on Sunday

With an enormous surge in coronavirus infections and deaths, the Tamil Nadu authorities Saturday introduced stringent curbs, together with closure of cinema theatres and purchasing malls. The authorities has additionally declared a whole lockdown on Sunday.
What is closed?
According to the newest pointers, recreation golf equipment, bars, auditoriums and assembly halls is not going to be allowed to operate from Monday within the state. Shopping complexes, malls, magnificence parlours, spas, saloons, barber outlets will even be shut.
The pointers additionally order closure of all worship centres and denial of public entry to attend temple consecrations,
What can open with limits?
Restaurants and different eateries will function just for takeaway companies. The authorities has ordered a restricted variety of 50 individuals at weddings and 25 for funerals had been among the many different pointers issued. It has additionally directed IT and associated firms to work with simply 50% of employees energy by permitting others to earn a living from home.

While the foundations insist on the closure of golf, tennis golf equipment and sports activities coaching academies, it has exempted coaching for nationwide and worldwide gamers.
E-pass
People who journey to Tamil Nadu from different states and nations, besides Puducherry, needs to be registered with the state portal to avail e-passes for entry.
While a restricted variety of passengers are allowed within the transport buses, a most of three passengers are allowed to journey in taxi cabs and two in autos from Monday.
As of Saturday, there have been 1941 beds vacant in Chennai’s 5 Covid hospitals and 11 Covid well being centres (of their whole energy of 6118 beds). Of 11,645 beds accessible at Covid care centres, 9253 beds had been vacant on Saturday.

Besides the measures being taken to manage the rising numbers of Covid-19 instances, the federal government on Saturday enabled a inexperienced hall together with police patrol groups to make sure clean transportation of tankers carrying medical oxygen. “The demand for medical oxygen from Covid-19 treatment facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes is expected to rise and the number of Covid-19 cases will increase. Oxygen manufacturing industries in the state have been instructed to explore methods to increase production,” mentioned a press release from the federal government on Saturday. To shortly resolve points associated to medical oxygen availability, the federal government additionally launched a 24*7 name centre underneath the state drug controller, the place hospitals can straight contact dialling 104 for quick availability of oxygen.
The authorities has additionally launched 2,000 mini clinics throughout the state to decentralise the method of tracing Covid sufferers. The authorities has despatched instructions to district well being authorities to make sure a scientific process of referring sufferers to hospitals and Covid care services relying on the situation of sufferers.