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Tamil Nadu: Thousands get ePass for inter-district travel; COVID tally zooms past 3.49 lakh

In Tamil Nadu, thousands of people have got ePass for travel from one district to another after introducing instant approval of applications.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the total Covid-19 infection in the state has zoomed past three lakh 49 thousand with 5709 people tested positive yesterday. They included 1182 in Chennai. The number of recoveries has moved closer to two lakh 90 thousand.<br />''<br />''State government has withdrawn permission for a private clinic in Chennai to treat Covid-19 patients on complaints of overcharging.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, complaints of overcharging in Tamil Nadu for the treatment of Covid-19 infection by private clinics is often coming to the fore. The state health department has said in a statement, the approval of a private hospital in Chennai has been cancelled following charging a patient 12.5 lakh rupees for eighteen days of inpatient treatment.<br />''<br />''About three weeks back the permission for another clinic in the state capital has been withdrawn after complaints of extracting money many times over the upper ceiling fixed by the state government were reportedly confirmed true. All private hospitals have been asked to display the government rates for public view and desist from overcharging. <br />

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