Precautionary measures in place to stem COVID-19 spread
The Hindu
COVID Care Centres in various areas have been kept ready
Following a rise in the number of COVID-19 positive cases, Collectors in the southern districts conducted meetings with health department officials and a few among them made on-the-spot visits to markets to check for themselves the preparedness and adherence to the Standard Operating Procedures. Sivaganga Collector P. Madhusudhan Reddy appealed to the residents to wear face masks whenever they stepped out of their dwellings. Presiding over a meeting in the presence of Superintendent of Police M. Rajarajan and other officials here on Friday, he said that the health department would intensify fever camps. Door-to-door checks too would be carried out from Saturday.
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