Sale of vegetables, fruits at doorstep begins
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TIRUNELVELI
Sale of fruits and vegetables to the public at their doorstep through 535 vehicles being operated by the urban and the rural local bodies commenced in the district on Monday in the wake of the intensified COVID-19 lockdown. Minister for Industries Thangam Thennarasu inaugurated the mobile fruit and vegetable units in the presence of Collector V. Vishnu, MP S. Gnanathiraviam and Tirunelveli MLA Abdul Wahab. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the sale, Mr. Thennarasu said the exercise had been taken up to ensure the availability of the fruits and vegetables to the residents at their doorsteps as they should not come out of their homes unnecessarily in the wake of intensified lockdown. To make the sale effective, 535 vehicles would move around in the district - 322 in rural areas, 80 within Tirunelveli Corporation, 18 in Ambasamudram and Vickramasingapuram municipalites, 115 in 18 t
Corporation ropes in supermarkets for door delivery of goods
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TIRUNELVELI
The Corporation, by roping in a few grocery stores and the supermarkets, has made arrangements for delivering essential commodities at the doorstep of the residents. According to G. Kannan, Commissioner of Tirunelveli Corporation, the urban civic body has roped in good number of grocery stores and the supermarkets to supply essential commodities to the consumers living within the Corporation limits at their doorstep during the intensified lockdown period i.e. till May 31. If the consumers placed their orders to the nearest shop over the phone between 6 a.m. and 12 noon, the grocery items would be delivered, Mr. Kannan said.
Rakshak Accident and Rescue Service
The service is providing help by getting medicines and other facilities for Covid care. The NGO helps people get medicines that are unavailable in their area. Those in need can contact Rakshak 24/7
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Sehion Preshita Sangam
The organisation has been providing food for those in quarantine and also those suffering due to the lockdown, besides the poor. The central kitchen provides food for over 1,000 people and this sometimes goes above 2,000.
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For Speech and Hearing Impaired
National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) has launched a 24 7 helpline exclusively for speech and hearing-impaired persons.
The helpline offers counselling services to stress-related issues in addition to answering queries and concerns relating to Covid-19. Sign language interpreters are available to attend WhatsApp video calls.
Triaging point set up near TVMCH
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This will ensure early and right treatment to COVID-19 patients
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Collector V. Vishnu at the triaging point set up at Gandhimathi School near Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SHAIKMOHIDEEN A
This will ensure early and right treatment to COVID-19 patients
District Collector V. Vishnu has created a triaging point at Gandhimathi School near Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital to screen and segregate COVID-19 patients based on their health condition on arrival. “If patients arriving here are asymptomatic and stable, they will be given COVID-19 kit having vitamin tablets, zinc tablets and kabasura kudineer packets and sent for home quarantine. If they have mild symptoms, they will be taken in vehicles stationed here to the COVID Care Centres being manned by team of qualified doctors and nurses. If they are in need of oxygen, then they will be admitted to the Tirunelveli Me
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