Kerala s Covid test positivity rate (TPR), which shot up as high as 30 per cent, has fallen below 20 per cent now, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday.Addressing the media here, Vijayan, however, said all have to continue to .
After Shailaja, ex-journo Veena George to helm Kerala Health dept in covid era
Expectations are high on the 45-year old mother of two to match up to Shaialaja s work in covid management.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Journalist-turned- politician Veena George will helm Kerala s Health Ministry in the successive LDF cabinet, replacing K K Shailaja at a time when the state is witnessing an unprecedented Covid-19 surge.
Shailaja s non-inclusion, after she played a leading role in the state s fight against Covid-19, had created a flutter and various sections of the society including celebrities had batted for her reinstatement.
The consecutive second term for the LDF government in Kerala provides a rare opportunity for continuity in policy and a chance to complete the agenda for transforming the economic base of the state. There is a growing realisation that the redistributive strategy of development had reached a dead end and could be further pursued only by rapidly modernising the base into a high productivity knowledge-skill-service based economy that will generate quality jobs for educated unemployed youth.
The redistributive strategy of development has ensured a much higher quality of life and welfare to the people in the state. In the SDG achievement ranking, Kerala tops in India with a score of 70. In the world ranking, while India is way below at 117, Kerala’s score would give it a rank equivalent to 73. The state is poised to reach the SDG goals by 2030 in most of the sectors, particularly in health, education, hunger and poverty. Kerala can now put forth the agenda to eradicate absolute poverty
Kerala Extends Covid Lockdown By A Week Till May 23 Kerala Extends Covid Lockdown By A Week Till May 23 Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said May will be a crucial month in Kerala s Covid battle considering that the monsoon will soon arrive in the state.
The state has set aside 50 per cent of its private hospital beds for Covid care.
Thiruvananthapuram:
Kerala has extended the COVID-19 lockdown by a week till May 23, with four districts to be put under a triple lockdown with more stringent restrictions than the other 10. These districts are Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Ernakulam, and Malappuram.
The lockdown, imposed following a dramatic rise in the number of infections in the state in recent weeks, began on May 8 and was initially scheduled to end on the 16th of the month.