COVID-19| Coimbatore Corporation begins action against violators

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After asking people to adhere to COVID-19 safety guidelines, the Coimbatore Corporation on Friday began fining individuals not wearing mask and establishments where they saw violations of the guidelines. According to sources, the Corporation on Friday morning quarantined a house on Karuppa Gounder Street after five occupants tested positive for COVID-19. The house was a part of a cluster of houses in the area. The Corporation officials in Central Zone led by Zonal Sanitary Officer R. Radhakrishnan also levied a fine of ₹11,000. Corporation Commissioner P. Kumaravel Pandian, who inspected the street in the morning and also Race Course later in the day, instructed officials to levy ₹5,400 fine on a tea stall in Race Course for violating the physical distancing norm, ₹5,000 on another shop and ₹ 200 each on two individuals who were moving around without mask.