Chennai: A day after he chaired a meeting with top officials of the State to review coronavirus situation and to discuss staggered exit of lockdown, Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is charing a similar meeting with District Collectors today.
‘The public are yet to realise the virulence of COVID-19, and have been playful, disregarding physical distancing and other norms,’ he said at Tuesday’s meeting with 12 coordination teams at the Secretariat.
‘They don’t seem to learn from news reports from the US, Italy and Spain, where the death tolls have been high,’ he said.
‘Despite our advice, members of the public are refusing to abide by the rules and are being playful about it. They do not realise the virulence of this disease..,’ he said in his opening remarks during a meeting with IAS and IPS officers.
The challenge in ensuring physical distancing was primarily seen in vegetable markets in Municipal Corporations like Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchi, Palaniswami added.