Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday asked local authorities and police officials to strictly enforce Covid-19 guidelines and said they could themselves decide on shutting down specific areas in case of continuous overcrowding. The prospect of coronavirus cases increasing in specific areas in view of excessive gathering of people was discussed in the meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, an official release here said. If Covid-19 guidelines were not followed properly, it would have serious adverse effects and hence district collectors and police officials must stringently enforce the government’s coronavirus related guidelines, the Chief Minister advised officials. The CM advising officials to strictly enforce virus guidelines comes against the backdrop of Tamil Nadu reporting a marginal increase in new virus cases for the first time on July 29 after a decline that began in the last week of May. With the drop in fresh cases, the government gradually eased COVID-19 curbs from June.

Source: Indian Express July 30, 2021 17:15 UTC