30 July,2020 03:20 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami. Pictures/Twitter CMO Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Thursday announced the extension of Covid-19 lockdown till Aug 31, with certain relaxations in the existing restrictions.
In a statement issued here, Palaniswami said based on the discussions held with District Collectors on Wednesday, with the medical experts on Thursday and with senior ministers the Covid-19 lockdown which was supposed to come to an end on July 31 has been extended till August 31 across the state.
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He also said there will be total lockdown without any relaxations on all the Sundays in the month of August.
The relaxations from August 1 for areas coming under the jurisdiction of Greater Chennai Police are:
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