People flout Covid-19 norms as they take part in Jallikattu festival in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
The popular bull-taming competition was held in Tamil Nadu's Madurai and Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor.
The 'Jallikattu' competition continued to attract people on the second day in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on Saturday (January 15, 2022). The popular bull-taming competition was held in Tamil Nadu's Madurai and Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor amid rising COVID-19 cases.
People participated in Jallikattu events at Chittoor and Palamedu
People take part in second round of Jallikattu competition at Palamedu
Tamil Nadu's guidelines for Jallikattu events
This is noteworthy that the Tamil Nadu government has issued guidelines for Jallikattu events and has allowed only 150 spectators or 50% of seating capacity. Also, carrying either a full vaccination certificate or negative RT-PCR test report not older than 48 hours was made mandatory to attend the event.
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Tamil Nadu recorded 23,989 new coronavirus cases
Tamil Nadu on Saturday recorded 23,989 new coronavirus cases and 11 fatalities. This took the total number of cases reported so far to 29,15,948 and the death toll to 36,967. On Friday, there were 23,459 cases and 26 fatalities.
The number of active cases, including isolation, has now increased to 1,31,007.
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