<span style="color: #222222;">The Tamil Nadu Government has converted four medical facilities in the state as quarantine centres for treating patients infected with Covid-19, SARS, avian flu or swine flu. The state Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy announced in the state Assembly in Chennai today that the Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine at Tambaram, a Chennai suburb, will be the state level quarantine centre. He said three more health facilities would be made the regional level quarantine centres. They include the Government-run tuberculosis hospital at Thoppur near Madurai, Government Medical College Hospital in Coimbatore and the Mahatma Gandhi Government Hospital for Tuberculosis at Sengipatti in Thanjavur district.<br />'' <br />'' The King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research in Chennai will be upgraded as a Bio-Safety Level-Three laboratory at a cost of 110 crore rupees.<br />'' <br />''The Chief Minister also announced an emergency airlifting service for patients in need of immediate medical attention. Ten crore rupees has been allocated for the service</span><br />