Disbanding of COVID-19 Brigade by Kerala Government cuts into fight against the pandemic in the State
The Hindu
They were recruited on a temporary basis and their salaries were being paid from the COVID management funds provided by the Centre that got exhausted in July
All COVID-related activities across the State, including testing, data management and reporting, have been seriously hit, now that the State Government has fully disbanded the COVID-19 Brigade as of October 30.
When the pandemic was at its worst, the Government had put together additional human resources of nearly 20,000 persons across all categories – ambulance drivers, nurses, paramedical staff, lab technicians, data entry operators and so on – who formed the COVID brigade. They were recruited on a temporary basis and their salaries were being paid from the COVID management funds provided by the Centre (which got exhausted in July).