Covid-19 scare in Tamil Nadu: Doctors, nurses, sanitary workers and others to get additional one month salary

TNN | Mar 24, 2020, 01.15 PM IST

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday announced an additional one month salary for doctors, nurses, local body officials, sanitary workers and others involved in the efforts to combat Covid-19.

While making a suo motu statement in the assembly, the chief minister asked MLAs and ministers to clap their hands to thank people involved treating patients and preventing the spread of the disease. The members clapped their hands as suggested by the CM.

The chief minister appealed to the public to extend cooperation in controlling the virus. "All those who return from abroad must register themselves for screening. Those who have symptoms must admit themselves in hospitals and get treatment," said Palaniswami

He said many people coming from abroad land in Bengaluru and entre Tamil Nadu from there. “We are not able to identify and screen them,” he said.