Chennai: The Tamilnadu government, which had announced that a full lockdown will be in effect across the State on all four Sundays in July, has now announced that the lockdown will begin early this week in Coimbatore, which has thus far reported a total of over 2,500 positive cases of Covid-19.
Coimbatore Collector K Rajamani has said that the total lockdown in the district will be in force from 5 pm todayy till 6am Monday.
In a statement, Rajamani said only essential services like milk, medicines and others would be allowed. Other activities will not be allowed in the district.
The district administration said that emergency services will function during the total lockdown period. Tamil Nadu is among the worst-affected states by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Union Health Ministry data, Tamilnadu has witnessed nearly two lakh Covid-19 cases so far.