Chennai: With Covid-19 cases on a steady rise, the Tamilnadu government is left with no other option than to impose restrictions.
According to sources, the government is considering scaling down non-essential activities, such as social gatherings and tightening enforcement of pandemic protocols.
At the same time, highly placed sources ruled out the possibility of a complete lockdown. ‘Appropriate decisions will be taken by a Chief Secretary-led high level committee in a few days,’ sources added.
People in the 18-45 age group accounted for 51 per cent of the recent surge in coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu and were mostly from apartment complexes, State Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan has said.
Speaking to the media, he said the government was focussing on the ‘test, track and treat’ plan and increased testing of samples to curtail the spread.