Tamil Nadu Makes E-pass Mandatory For Domestic And Int'l Passengers.
Travelers visiting the state after generating an e-pass allow the government to trace them or their contacts if they had tested Covid-19 positive during their stay in Tamil Nadu. All overseas and domestic passengers except those from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Puducherry arriving in Tamil Nadu must now carry an E-pass, to get an entry into the State, read a Government order dated March 4. The Tamil Nadu government has been issued due to the sudden surge in Coronavirus cases, wherein the state recorded over 520 fresh positives on Sunday, while four people succumbed to the virus. A Government Order to this effect was issued recently by the Health and Family Welfare Department. Last year, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tamil Nadu government had allowed only those with an e-pass to take up inter-district and inter-state travel, though the norms were relaxed later. State Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan recently expressed concern over laxity in wearing of masks am