Chennai, Jun 22: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami has tested negative for coronavirus, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said here on Monday.

Testing is being given special attention by the government, he said adding as per protocol which includes tracing (contacts) aspects, "without any exception, the Chief Minister subjected himself to the coronavirus testing and today we have the good news that he is negative." Coronavirus in India: Live Map.

He maintained that the government was transparent in tackling coronavirus and no information was concealed and daily bulletins, district wise data was being released.

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