<span style="color: #222222;">In Chennai, containment activities against Covid-19 have been intensified as the state capital remains a major hotspot of the pandemic.<br />''<br />''Out of the 161 patients newly identified in Tamil Nadu on Thursday, 138 are from Chennai.<br />''<br />''Testing activities have been further accelerated in the metro city and special teams comprising civil servants have been deployed in all the zones.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the famous summer festival in the hill resort town Kodaikkaanal has been cancelled due to the pandemic.<br />''<br />''The Chennai Corporation has asked the city collector to bring all government and private school premises under its control to use them for health measures relating to the Covid-19 pandemic.<br />''<br />''The move has been taken as a part of the preparatory arrangements for the management and control of the infection.<br />''<br />''Furthermore, the Central team led by National Disaster Management Authority Additional Secretary Thiruppugazh today inspected the control room in Chennai Police Commissionerate and reviewed the situation with the city Police Commissioner.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Cabinet led by the state chief minister is expected to decide on how to relax the lockdown conditions after May 3rd when the nationwide restrictions draw to a close.</span><br />