The Tamil Nadu government has extended the ongoing Covid 19- induced lockdown curbs in the state till September 15. As per the new guidelines, all religious places will remain closed on weekends, Friday to Sunday. Entry to the beaches will be disallowed on Sundays. 

The got in its release said: "For the benefit of the public and to contain the spread of the virus, beaches will be closed on Sundays while the ban to visit places of worship on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays will continue. Holding of religious festivals also banned."

Tamil Nadu government had earlier issued SOPs on making negative RT-PCR certificates taken 72 hours within the journey or two-dose fully vaccinated certificates compulsory for those coming into the state from Kerala, which has recorded 50 percent of the total cases in India for the past few days.  A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister M K Stalin at the Secretariat, which would be in effect till 06.00 am of September 15, an official release said. The decision to ban entry of people to beaches on Sundays follows pictures of huge crowds which went viral in social media, with people not adhering to any Covid-19 protocols, posing a greater risk to virus spread.

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