Summary:
With a million cases and 4,000 deaths, the spotlight is back on Kerala, which was the first state to report the entry of Covid-19 into the country in January last year.
The state with the finest social infrastructure and a health system that did not flinch even when the pandemic raged across the country in May 2020, is now fighting a new challenge all over again.
Health analysts, though, are somewhat relieved.
This “second wave”, if it indeed were so, is in one state that can handle any crisis better than any other in the country.
The fatality rate in Kerala is the lowest and the recovery rate is far higher than anywhere else in the country.
However, does this mean we need to do more? Like focus all our vaccinations efforts in Kerala first, and give the state everything it needs?
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With a million cases and 4,000 deaths, the spotlight is back on Kerala, which was the first state to report the entry of Covid-19 into the country in January last year.
The state with the finest social infrastructure and a health system that did not flinch even when the pandemic raged across the country in May 2020, is now fighting a new challenge all over again.
Health analysts, though, are somewhat relieved.
This “second wave”, if it indeed were so, is in one state that can handle any crisis better than any other in the country.
The fatality rate in Kerala is the lowest and the recovery rate is far higher than anywhere else in the country.
However, does this mean we need to do more? Like focus all our vaccinations efforts in Kerala first, and give the state everything it needs?
Kerala has always been under attack, interestingly on account of its runaway successes in the fields of education and healthcare.