- The State has ordered private hospitals with 100 or more beds to reserve 25 per cent for COVID-19 isolation facility.A Health Department official said, “A communication has been sent to all private hospitals with 100 beds and above to keep the beds ready. From the government’s side, we are shifting other patients from Government IRT Perundurai Hospital, Erode, to different hospitals.
- The Indian Council for Medical Research has approved two private testing centres in Tamil Nadu. Department of Clinical Virology, CMC Vellore and Department of Laboratory Services Apollo Hospitals Enterprises LTD, Chennai are the two centres approved. The State already has eight government testing centres.
