Doc, 95 test +ve, total TN cases hit 834

Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:10.04.2020

Tamil Nadu added 96 more patients, including a doctor, to the Covid-19 positive list on Thursday taking the total number of cases to 834.

Doctors are also investigating the death of a 61-yearold man, who had been cured of the viral infection at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on Monday. He suffered a massive cardiac arrest and died in the isolation ward on Thursday.

Doctors said two tests done 24 hours apart showed he was negative for the infection and he was added to the list of patients who were cured of the disease.

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137 pvt med college hospitals notified for Covid-19 treatment

The chief minister told reporters, “Initially, the families of positive cases will be tested, followed by neighbours, contacts and locals.” At least 137 private medical college hospitals have been notified by the government for Covid-19 treatment.

Hailing the state government staff for standing by the administration during challenging times, the chief minister called upon the people to support the doctors, paramedics, police, revenue and municipal administration staff, who carry out their duty with a sense of commitment, risking their lives.

Earlier, Palaniswami held a review meeting with the coordination committees of bureaucrats set up for various initiatives, including coordination with private hospitals, essential supplies, essential manufacturing, contact tracing, quarantine, isolation of patients who may be positive and health infrastructure.

As reports of shortage of commodities surfaced, the chief minister said the government has set up a price stabilisation fund to control price rise.

Instructions have been given to cooperative department to procure from the neighbouring states the items that were fo)und to be in shortage in Tamil Nadu and to sell the commodity to the people.

The district collectors have been told to decide on lockdown measures and act against violators of prohibitory orders.

Agriculture and municipal administration departments have engaged 3,500 mobile shops to supply vegetables and CMDA 100 mobile shops for supply in Chennai. About 2,000MT of vegetables were sold in mobile shops on Wednesday and 1,070MT through Uzhavar Sandhais.