Tamil Nadu is in Stage - II of COVID-19 (local transmission of the virus) and there is a possibility of the State progressing into Stage -III (community transmission), but the government has been taking proactive steps to control this, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said on Thursday.
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“The government has been taking efforts to contain it within Stage-II,” he told journalists after chairing a review meeting with members of 12 coordination teams at the Secretariat.
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The inputs of the 19-member medical experts’ team along with reports from the 12 coordination teams comprising IAS officers already constituted, would be considered before deciding on extending the lockdown, he added.
The Chief Minister again called upon people with COVID-19 symptom to go to the nearby hospitals for treatment. “People should not step out unnecessarily except for essentials. As I said earlier, shop and stock for a week... We don’t want to lose even a single life to this,” he said.
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