Chennai: With Covid-19 cases increasing at an alarming rate in Chennai, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has jumped into action and is leading the corona war from the front.
Today, he visited the Ripon Buildings, the headquarters of Greater Chennai Corporation and chaired a detailed review meeting with officials who are entrusted with Covid-19 duty.
“It was a micro-level review meeting and the CM wanted to know every minute detail. He urged officials to speed up steps and to bring the spread under control in a few days. He assured all support from the government,” sources said.
A majority of the cases were linked to the single largest cluster — Koyambedu Wholesale vegetable market in the city, from where the number of those testing positive continued to be on the upswing for the last couple of days.
Of the 527 cases Monday, Chennai topped with 266 positive cases (again a single day high) and most of them were linked to Koyambedu market, taking the city’s corona tally to 1,724.
While 122 people, who visited the market, tested positive in Cuddalore, 49 tested in Villuupuram and 25 in Perambalur, Dindugul-10 and Tiruvannamlai-11.
Positive cases linked to Koyambedu market were also reported in Ariyalur, Kancheepuram, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur prompting the authorities to temporarily close down the market, which cater to the daily vegetable needs of tens and hundreds of retailers in Chennai city, suburbs and adjoining districts.