From the past seven months, the Health Department officials have been urging people to wear masks, maintain physical distance and hand hygiene, to avoid COVID-19. Apart from the gusty rains on October 13, the rains on Saturday night led to inundation in more areas. To avoid this, the State Health Department staff is conducting Rapid Antigen Tests on people who are rescued from inundated localities. Around 182 health camps are held at rain relief centres. The Health Department has launched special campaign to promote precautionary measures.

Source: The Hindu October 18, 2020 18:06 UTC