Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday announced Rs 5 lakh assistance for children who lost both their parents due to COVID-19. It will also provide Rs 3 lakh to the children who lost one of their parents. The Tamil Nadu government has already formed a task force to monitor the children who lost their parents. In other news, the Tamil Nadu government on Friday also announced the extension of the tightened COVID-19 lockdown by one more week. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu on Friday reported 33,361 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the state tally to 19,78,621.

Source: dna May 29, 2021 11:26 UTC