Chennai: The Greater Chennai Corporation has started monitoring 449 residents who have returned from the United Kingdom. Sources said they are in four zones of the civic body and are under strict watch.
“Many streets where the passengersâ residences are located will be monitored by Corporation workers to prevent them from coming out of their homes,” sources added.
Meanwhile, a new Covid-19 testing facility has been set up inside the Chennai airport for passengers who are symptomatic and those who want to get themselves tested.
Health Minister C Vijayabaskar on Wednesday said around 2,800 persons, who had arrived in the State from the UK over the past few days, were under complete observation.
“These persons were under three-pronged observation,” he said. Health Secretary Dr Radhakrishnan said, though the Centre has banned all flights from United Kingdom till the end of this year, those who arrived into the State from various states by road, especially from Bengaluru, were being identified.
Monitoring has been intensified and checkposts were erected in the borders to ensure that those entering the State were subjected to tests.