Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday announced that there will be a complete lockdown across the state on January 23rd.
While all non-essential shops and services will remain barred throughout the day, only hospitals, milk shops, ATM centres, goods transportation and petrol pumps will be permitted to operate. Meanwhile, restaurants and hotels would be allowed to offer home delivery and parcel services from 7 am to 10 pm.
Earlier this month, Tamil Nadu government had reimposed night curfew across the state from 10 am to 5 pm.
On Thursday, Tamil Nadu recorded 28,561 new Covid cases to take the state’s infection tally to 30,42,796.