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Breaking! Tamil Nadu extends Janata Curfew after increase in patient number

Sunday, March 22, 2020 • Tamil Comments
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One more person affected by COVID 19 in Tamil Nadu

The entire nation of India has been in home quarantine for the past seven hours and will continue to do so for another seven hours to honor the Prime Minister's call for a Janata Curfew.  The coronavirus affected number in the country has increased to 332 with five deaths including a 38-year-old in Patna.  

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Vijaya Bhaskar has confirmed the seventh case of coronavirus in the state with the latest person having traveled from Spain.  The patient has been isolated and his being treated.  Out of the 412 samples tested 339 have been negative and the rest awaited at the time of this writing.

The Tamil Nadu government has extended the curfew till 5 am on Monday which is an eight-hour stretch from the earlier proposed that would end at 9 pm tonight.  All measures are being taken to break the spread chain of the coronavirus.

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