Chennai: New details have emerged as to why Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami underwent Covid-19 testing.
“Testing was done on him as per protocol, which includes tracing contacts. The Chief Minister underwent the test in the backdrop of an official in his office and another in his entourage testing positive for the pathogen,” sources said.
They added that the Chief Minister subjected himself to the coronavirus testing. Revealing that Palaniswami underwent testing, Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar said on Monday evening that the government was transparent in tackling coronavirus and no information was concealed.
He told the media that daily bulletins and district wise data was being released. The Minister said the current doubling rate for positive virus cases was 15-16 days which showed that the government’s multi-pronged strategy like early and aggressive testing, diagnosis and comprehensive treatment was going on in the right track.