Chennai: The Tamilnadu government today announced that Rs 134.63 crore has been donated so far by various individuals, associations, companies and bodies for the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, to strengthen the government’s effors to fight coronavirus.
The Tata Group has given 40,032 PCR kits worth Rs eight corre to the Tamilnadu government for diagnosing those with symptoms of coronavirus infection in the State.
An official release said Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami thanked the Tata Group for supplying the kits on behalf of the people of the State.
Stating that the government has been taking steps on a war footing to prevent spread of coronavirus, which has claimed 12 lives and 1,204 people testing positive, the release said as part of shouldering the government’s responsibility several companies, organisations and the general public have been coming forward to contribute to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief fund to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
It also said several companies have also been providing necessary equipment for testing to identify those with symptoms of COVID-19.
In continuance of this, the Tata Group has supplied 40,032 PCR testing kits to the state government for diagnosing the virus infected people in the State.