Stalin's announcement of increasing the compensation and incentive for journalists has come weeks after he declared the journalists as the frontline workers in the state.
The scam was allegedly unfolded with the involvement of officials and it had happened under the guise of allotting beds for the COVID-19 affected patients.
Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said that 181 cases of Black Fungus infection have been reported in the state till Monday, and efforts are taken to subdue the spread of the infection.
The statement stated that the government has released Rs 50 crore from the public relief fund to procure RT-PCR testing kits to enhance the testing in the state.
MK Stalin has on Sunday issued crucial orders to the district collectors to enforce the lockdown tightly and strengthen the containment measures at their respective districts during the period of the complete lockdown.
The reports say that the villagers had taken the extreme step of jumping into the river after they were told that the vaccine was a poisonous infection.
The relatives who were on board the flight had cleared the RT-PCR test before boarding as per the protocol and after marrying above the clouds, the couple had hosted a small reception at a hotel in the city.
As COVID-19 patients are more susceptible to Mucormycosis, the doctors have prescribed the measures to the COVID-19 patients to prevent themselves from the black fungus infection.