17 april. it gives instant results based on presence of antibodies in blood, which helped in quickly isolating the suspected person. sikkim sikkim restricted entry of domestic tourists in the state from 17 march and asked those who were already in the state to leave. tamil nadu main article: covid-19 pandemic in tamil nadu § governmental response on 30 january, the state had put 78 people who arrived from china under quarantine. on 17 march, important tourist destinations in tamil nadu were locked down. authorities in nilgiris district ordered the closure of tourist sites including ooty and the tourists staying in hotels and resorts were given 24 hours to leave the city. on 20 march, the government partially closed its borders with karnataka, kerala and andhra pradesh on march 20 until march 31 and constituted a task force to closely monitor the preventive measures against the viral outbreak. on 21 march, the state government postponed the class 10 sslc board exams to beyond april 14, which were due to begin from march 27. tamil nadu did not allow visitors in jails during the janata curfew, nor fishing is allowed. on 22 march, the state government extended 'janata curfew' to monday morning 5 am. on 23 march, the state government imposed section 144 from march 24 6 pm until march 31 which prohibits gatherings of more than 5 people. on 24 march, health minister c. vijayabaskar announced a hospital dedicated for treating covid-19 patients. the newly built omandurar government multispeciality hospital was being converted into a special facility with 350 beds to treat covid-19 patients exclusively. on 2 april, the state government announced care package of rs.1000 and ration of food supply for each households. telangana main article: covid-19 pandemic in telangana on 17 march, government of telangana started implementing screening of people entering telangana from maharashtra at four entry points. on 22 march, the state government announced a state-wide lockdown as five more cases emerged. while supporting the prime minister's janata curfew call, the chief minister of telangana, k. chandrashekar rao appealed to the people of telangana to stay indoors for 24hrs from 6 am on sunday (22-03-2020) in order to contain the possible spread of coronavirus. on 23 march, the state government imposed night curfew from 7 pm till 6 am. during the lockdown, no vehicles were not allowed on the roads. the government has also closed all borders and suspended interstate transport. uttar pradesh on 17 march, schools, colleges and multiplexes in uttar pradesh were shut down till 2 april and on-going examinations were postponed. cm yogi adityanath announced on 21 march that the uttar pradesh government has decided to give ₹1,000 (us$14) to all daily wage laborers affected due to coronavirus in the state. on 22 march, chief minister yogi adityanath announced the lockdown of fifteen districts in state, from 22 to 25 march, including noida, ghaziabad, agra, aligarh, prayagraj, kanpur, varanasi, bareilly, lucknow, saharanpur, meerut, lakhimpur, azamgarh, gorakhpur and others. on 28 march, the uttar pradesh government deployed 1000 upsrtc buses to ferry migrant workers to their native districts during the nationwide lockdown. uttarakhand main article: covid-19 pandemic in uttarakhandnewly sworn uttarakhand chief minister tirath singh rawat has been criticised for placing faith before the pandemic and accused of double standards on restrictions of gatherings of different religions. west bengal main article: covid-19 pandemic in west bengal on 14 march, west bengal shut all educational institutions till 31 march, but planned to conduct the board examinations. on 23 march, starting 5 pm, kolkata and several areas across west bengal were put under a lockdown till 27 march. on 24 march, starting 5 pm, entire state of west bengal was put under a lockdown till 31 march.