Vaccination of prisoners begins
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The Department of Prisons & Correctional Services on Thursday launched vaccination of convicts lodged in the Salem central prison.
In the first phase, 13 convicts aged over 60 and 45-59 with co-morbidities were vaccinated for COVID-19. Also, 82 convicts lodged in the Special Prison for Women, Vellore, and the Palayamkottai Central Prison were vaccinated.
In a press release, Director-General of Police/DG of Prisons & Correctional Services Sunil Kumar Singh said steps were taken with the assistance of the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine to cover 647 prisoners who gave their willingness to get vaccinated. Efforts were also on to vaccinate other willing inmates in the age group of 45-59 without any co-morbidities as per the revised norms prescribed by the government.
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Legal action to be taken against shops
The district administration has decided to stringently enforce the COVID-19 norms and punish the violators by slapping on-the-spot fine of ₹ 200. In a statement, Collector Vishnu said the State ghovernment had formulated a list of guidelines for conducting religious functions, political meetings, cultural events etc. in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak across the country. Since wearing masks and ensuring physical distancing while visiting public places had been made mandatory and spitting in public places prohibited, violation of these instructions would attract hefty fine. Accordingly, those who refuse to wear mask while visiting public places, eateries, restaurants, supermarkets, shopping malls and while working in private and the government offices would be fined ₹200. Moreover, legal action would be taken against those who show scant respect for COVID-19 protocol, which were formulated to contain the spread of the viral infection.