‘TN returning to normalcy ahead of other states’

K. Palaniswami. (File Photo: IANS)
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Saturday said the state was returning to normalcy step-by-step ahead of industrialised Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Speaking at “Luminous Tamil Nadu”, a virtual seminar organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Palaniswami cited a report by Elara Securities to say the state was moving towards normalcy.

According to the report, he said Tamil Nadu was one of the five states in the forefront for the country’s economic revival.

Palaniswami said the government was trying to attract investment from multinational companies that might relocate from some other country due to Covid-19. The government would further simplify the procedures for getting permissions, he added.

 

He also urged the industries to use the local workers as the migrant labourers had returned to their home states. The number of cases crossed the 30K-mark to 30,152, the Health Department said on Saturday. Nineteen more corona patients breathed their last, taking the death toll to 251. As many as 633 patients were discharged from various hospitals, taking the total cured persons to 16,395.

The number of active cases, including in isolation centres, is 13,503. Chennai saw the highest 1,146 new infections, taking its total tally to 20,993. On Saturday, 16,022 more samples were tested, taking the total to 5.76 lakh. Testing of 647 samples is on. The number of infected children in the age group 0-12 went up to 1,638. Meanwhile, the government on Saturday announced the rates to be charged by private hospitals to treat coronavirus patients in the southern state.

AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami swears in as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (Photo: IANS)

In a statement, Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar said for patients not showing corona infection symptoms or those with minor symptoms, General Ward admission will cost Rs 7,500 in Class 1 and 2 hospitals, and Rs 5,000 in Class 3 and 4 hospitals. Admission in intensive care units (ICUs) per day will cost Rs 15,000 in case of all hospitals.He said these are maximum chargeable rates.

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