Consider imposing complete lockdown on counting day: Madras HC to Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
Consider imposing complete lockdown on counting day: Madras HC to Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
The high court suggested Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to consider imposing complete lockdown on May 1 and 2 to prevent further spread of Covid-19. Results of the two assembly elections will be declared on May 2.
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File photo of the Madras High Court.
The Madras High Court on Monday suggested that the governments of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry should consider imposing complete lockdown on May 1 and May 2. Counting of votes for the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will be done on May 2.
File photo of a COVID-19 test for representation.
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Among the 56 patients is one teacher, while the remaining are students of Classes 9, 10, 11 and 12.
A cluster of COVID-19 cases has been identified at the Government-aided Girls Higher Secondary School at Ammapettai here. A total of 56 people, 55 students and one teacher, have tested positive and are undergoing treatment, heath officials said.
According to senior health officials, a student had suffered from symptoms of fever and cold last week. She was tested for the viral infection, and the report indicated that she was positive.
Subsequently, two batches of COVID-19 tests were conducted for the 1100 students and staff at the school. In the first batch, 20 persons tested positive, and in the second batch, 36 tested positive, I. Raveendran, Deputy Director of Health Services, Thanjavur, said.