"Ban on un- vaccinated people to visit public places," says: District Collector

District official bans un- vaccinated citizens to entry public establishment

Madurai: Amid the rise of Omicron, the District Govt. has banned the entry of unvaccinated people. In a report of news agency ANI, District collector Dr S. Aneesh Sekhar has informed the citizens, "The people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 would not be allowed entry into public places in Madurai district from December 13."

The order is issued via a report of ANI, District collector Dr Sekhar said, "Those who have not been vaccinated in Madurai will be barred from entering public places including fair price shops, business establishments, supermarkets, theatres, wedding halls, shopping malls, garment shops, banks and liquor stores."

The notice further stated that the district administration has been taking measures to send those who have not been vaccinated to nearby centres.

Earlier, in a statement of the district administration, they have warned the citizens to get at least one dose of vaccination against COVID-19. Unvaccinated citizens will not be allowed to entertain any public place. 

According to the Madurai Collector, Aneesh Sekhar told ANI, "One week has been given to people to get at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, failing which those unvaccinated people to be not allowed to enter public places like hotels, shopping malls and other commercial establishments."

The district collector mentioned nearly 3 lakh people in Madurai have not received a single dose of the Covid vaccine.

He added, "In Madurai district, 71.6 per cent of people have been vaccinated with the first dose and 32.8 per cent have been vaccinated with the second dose. There are 3 lakh people who have not been vaccinated after the second deadline."