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Tamil Nadu govt prohibits food delivery to contain spread of Covid-19

In the list of commercial and private establishments that are exempted from restrictions include e-commerce, pharmaceutical, and other essentials

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Gireesh Babu
Tamil Nadu has prohibited home delivery of food items through online aggregators like Swiggy, Zomato, Uber eats, while allowing the e-commerce, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to function during the time of restrictions it has imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19 across the state.

The state government has issued a notification under the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897 and regulations, imposing various restrictions in Tamil Nadu from 6 pm of March 24 to 6 am on April 1, 2020.

The list of commercial and private establishments that are exempted from restrictions include e-commerce, pharmaceutical, and other essentials. "However, home delivery of

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