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Updated March 17, 2020 at 4:00 p. m. IST
Major tourist spots, including those in the mountainous district of Nilgiris and the coastal city of Mamallapuram near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, have been closed as part of preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus, officials said.
Major tourist spots, including those in the mountainous district of Nilgiris and the coastal city of Mamallapuram near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, have been closed as part of preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus, officials said.
In Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district, the government closed all resorts, adding those in Udhagamandalam, the district capital, better known as Ooty, and asked visitors staying in hotels and resorts to return to their accommodations within 24 hours.
In addition, other people entering Western Ghats district are checked at 8 checkpoints, said district collector Innocent Divya.
The world-renowned sites of Mamallapuram, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Chinese President Xi Jingping for an informal summit a year, have been closed to visitors.
With tourist attractions off-limits to visitors, the city had an abandoned appearance, according to the data obtained here.
At the main hotel in the city of Kodaikanal, in the south of the state, restrictions have been announced that add control to tourists, especially those coming from 18 countries and states affected by COVID-19 such as Kerala.
The closure of resorts comes a day after the state government declared public holidays for all educational establishments and closed liquor bars, grocery malls, resorts and amusement parks until March 31, as part of a series of measures to combat the spread of COVID. -19, especially in an emerging environment. Cases in neighbouring states such as Kerala and Karnataka.
So far, Tamil Nadu has reported only one case of COVID-19 and the 45-year-old man under treatment in Chennai has recovered and two subsequent tests came back negative.
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A report by Udhagamandalam, known as Queen of Hill Resorts, states that the management is forced to close all resorts in the district due to the increased incidence of COVID-19 cases in the neighboring regions of Kerala and Karnataka.
The district’s collector said travelers staying in hotels and hostels were asked to leave the premises within 24 hours and return to their seats.
Nilgiris has several tourist attractions, such as the Botanical Garden, Pykara Dam, and Sims Park, which attract thousands of tourists starting in March, before the summer season.
Eight other people — two from Italy, 3 from Mecca and 3 from Karnataka — who had visited the district some time ago are believed to have coronavirus symptoms and were now in Kerala and Karnataka, Divya said.
However, foreign boarding school students were invited to go there, the collector claimed.
In total, 40 mobile medical groups are on high alert and are moving across the district, he added.
A report from Dindigul district, where Kodaikanal is located, says tourists from the 18 countries declared affected by COVID-19 and domestic travelers from states such as Kerala would be allowed to climb the hills after a thorough check at the foot of the hills.
Steps have been taken to regularly vet foreigners at the hill station, and if necessary, swab samples will be taken and sent to Chennai for coronavirus testing, said Sivakumar, head of the earnings division.
He said the movement of tourists would also be limited in Kodaikanal and they would not be allowed to enter the ghat segment between 8 p. m. and 8 p. m. and 6 a. m. m.
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Posted on March 17, 2020 – 04:00 PM IST
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