As expected, thousands of people throng the Coimbatore Ukkadam vegetable market on this possibly super spreader Sunday

Coimbatore: With the full lockdown announced from Monday, people were allowed to shop for one full day today before all shops would be closed down starting tomorrow. All vegetable markets in Coimbatore were seen to be crowded.


Coimbatore: With the full lockdown announced from Monday, people were allowed to shop for one full day today before all shops would be closed down starting tomorrow. All vegetable markets in Coimbatore were seen to be crowded.



People have been flocking to the Coimbatore Kovil Ram Kovil Street vegetable market since morning to buy vegetables.

The Tamil Nadu government yesterday ordered a one-week extension of the curfew, which was announced from May 10 to 24 as the second wave of corona erupted. The Tamil Nadu government announced yesterdayand today that all shops will be open from 6 am to 9 pm and only milk and pharmacies will be operational for a week from tomorrow.

Following the announcement of the Tamil Nadu government, people have been flocking to various shops since yesterday to buy their necessities.



As part of this, the public is flocking to the Ram Temple Road Vegetable Market in Coimbatore to buy the vegetables they need.



Social activists and doctors say that despite the government's insistence that everyone should wear face shields and follow personal intervals, people who do not follow personal interventions are flocking to buy essential items and are at risk of contracting the disease.

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