Only double vaccinated people will be allowed to travel by Chennai local trains from January 10 to 31 January, the Southern Railway announced today.
Due to the Omicron wave, passengers without the certificate will not be able to purchase tickets.
There won’t be any exception and the rule will also apply to season ticket holders too. The unreserved ticketing system on mobile will not be available during the period.
Tamil Nadu reported 8,981 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. Majority of the new cases comes from Chennai, Coimbatore, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur .
Tamil Nadu has reported 121 cases of Omicron variant including 117 recoveries. A total of eight people have died of Covid in the past 24 hours, and 984 people have recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours.
