"Kerala Focusing On Mitigation, Not Containment": Health Ministry Sources

Kerala has been reporting a high number of infections for the past many weeks even as the overall numbers have been falling rapidly across India.

The Kerala government is not focusing on containing Covid, as a result of which up to 50 per cent of the new cases are being reported from that state, along with Maharashtra, Health Ministry sources have said. "Kerala is not focusing enough on containment...They are focused more on mitigation process of treating cases than containment," the source said. "Up to 50 per cent of new cases are coming from Kerala and Maharashtra. The fatalities are low because their health infrastructure is good." Kerala has been reporting a high number of infections for the past many weeks even as the overall numbers have been falling rapidly since the second wave peak across India. Yesterday, the southern state registered 11,586 new cases and 135 deaths. Kerala has had to stop vaccination as many of its districts, including capital Thiruvananthapuram, have run out of doses state Health Minister Veena George said yesterday.