Full Lockdown in Tamil Nadu from May 10

Chennai: With a view to intensify the measures for preventing further spread of COVID-19, Chief Minister MK Stalin today announced that full lockdown will be in force for two weeks in Tamil Nadu from May 10. In a statement, the Chief Minister said that during the full lockdown period, state government offices will not function except essential services like secretariat, health, revenue, disaster management, police, home guard, fire and rescue services, prisons department, district administration, electricity, drinking water supply, treasuries etc.

E-commerce enterprises will be allowed to deliver groceries, vegetables, meat and fish till 12 noon. All other shops will remain closed during the full lockdown period. Public transport will also stay off the roads across Tamil Nadu. The Chief Minister announced that all TASMAC shops would remain closed during the full lockdown period while only take-away services would be allowed from restaurants/hotels/mess and tea shops with the latter functioning only till 12 noon.

Recreation clubs, bars, auditoriums, entertainment/amusement parks, meeting halls will also not function. The bar on retail trading at Koyambedu wholesale market will continue and similar restriction will be in force at the district level wholesale markets which sell fruits and vegetables.