Tamil Nadu Health Ministry on war footing to fight Coronavirus, 10 intl flights canceled

Only a 45-year-old man from Tamilnu has been tested positive for Coronavirus and is being treated in isolation ward at Rajiv Gandhi government hospital in Chennai.

Chief Minister Edapi Palanisamy h a review meeting with health minister and or top officials of department on Monday and asked to set up such isolation wards in outskirts of or prime districts like Coimbatore, Trichy, Chennai, and Murai with all facilities for easy access.

"Almost 53-57 international flights fly down to Chennai everyday, 8,500 passengers land each day and all are screened by health dept officials at airport " said health minister Vijayabhaskar.

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Tamil Nu take precautionary measures

Apart from that, 10 lakh masks and 54 thousand sets of protection gears are rey. Medicines and drugs are procured thrice than usual to be on safe side.

70 samples of suspected people were sent to tests, out of which one is been found positive and 8 are still pending. However, 1088 people are been monitored by health department officials as y landed from countries that are severely affected with Coronavirus. y've been asked to stay home quarantined even if y are found negative

1.22 lakh people who landed from countries like China, Japan, Italy, South Korea, Iran, Muscat, and Oman were screened at airport in last few weeks. 10 flights from Chennai to Kuwait and Hong Kong and fro were canceled on Monday.

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(Im: PTI)