Chennai: The Directorate of Public Health (DPH), through a circular on Thursday, made COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for people in public places. The DPH asked the Deputy Director of Health Services to ensure that owners and occupants of public places have taken the COVID-19 vaccine.
According to a report in The Hindu, the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine asked owners in a circular to ensure that only those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 are allowed to enter markets, hotels, playgrounds, gyms, clubs, Occupy public places including theaters and malls. Provisions given under the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, 1939.
The state government has issued the circular at a time when the number of people taking the vaccine in the state is slowing down. The total number of people currently taking the first and second doses is 6,45,782,433.
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The DPH also notified COVID-19 under the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act and enacted certain rules under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1987. As per the Act, people or establishments failing to comply with the rules can be vacated, sealed, fined or booked. cases against him.
Speaking about the circular, Health Minister Ma Subramaniam said, owners will start verifying whether people have vaccine certificates in public places. The minister also said that it is everyone’s responsibility to take the vaccine and the government wants everyone to take the vaccine.
The minister said that he has directed health officials to ensure that people in the private sector have taken the COVID-19 vaccination as many government employees have already been vaccinated.
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