Yesterday, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi Palanisamy had announced total lockdown of five densely populated cities of the state to control the spread of infection, and this includes Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem and Tiruppur.

With essential services made available during the total lockdown, the chief minister has now made an important announcement on one of the essential services. He has tweeted that an agreement has been signed with delivery services Dunzo and Zomato for the delivery of Aavin milk and diary products to the customers effective from April 24.

After an increase in cases, the total lockdown has been announced in Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai from April 26, 6 AM to April 29 9 PM and in Salem and Tirupur corporations between April 26, 6 AM to April 28, 9 PM, with medical services and essential services made operational.