Chennai: The Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation, popularly known as Aavin, has said its competitors and anti-social elements were spreading rumours about health of its employees.
Aavin said that it is false that 250 employees at its Madhavaram Dairy had contracted coronavirus. Of the 300 employees at the Madhavaram Milk Dairy, 10 had tested Covid-19 positive.
According to the State government firm, many have returned to duty after getting cured an operator who tested coronavirus positive a month back died.
Stating that it had procured 24.78 lakh litres milk on 2 June, it added that Aavin employees were striving to deliver milk packets to every home at 5 am daily.
Aavin recently said it has stepped up measures to ensure supply of milk and milk products to public during the lockdown, which include tying up with online food ordering platform providers and super markets