Kerala to retain only minimal contract staff recruited under COVID brigade, says Healh Minister Veena George

Though 20,000-odd employees had been recruited on a temporary basis under the brigade when the second wave of was sweeping across the State, these staff are now found to be in excess as the COVID situation in Kerala is well within control, says the Minister

The State Government has decided to retain only as many contract employees recruited under the COVID brigade as is necessary to fill the human resource shortages in critical areas in the health sector, Health Minister Veena George said in the Assembly here on Wednesday.

Though 20,000-odd employees had been recruited earlier on a temporary basis under the brigade when the second wave of the pandemic was sweeping across the State, these employees were now found to be in excess as the COVID situation in the State was well within control, she said.