distancing half the work is done said dr v ramasubramanian a member of the governments task force another issue worrying experts is that tn may be opening up too fast just when the covid numbers are galloping except for keeping the doors of temples across the state shut and locking its fleet of buses in chennai the city has been opening up and appearing near normal we have been calling for slowing down the pace of unlocking said national institute of epidemiology deputy director dr prabhdeep kaur member of the cmled task force committee we insisted that places of worship should not be opened and exams cancelled she saidthe war cry among policy makers and experts is on social distancing and masking the states battle against covid19 has been valiant but the initial baby steps that tn firmed up have begun to falter now the state hopes to ride through the covid storm with an aggressive strategy more belligerent and hopefully wiser with talk of government planning to impose yet another intense lockdown the days ahead could prove a bigger challenge for the state