Kerala Health Minister denounces ‘unnecessary panic’ over Covid and calls for vigilant measures

The Congress-led Opposition slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan government for being busy with their yatra across the state and doing nothing, as per the figures released by the Center on Sunday, out of the total 1,828 active cases in the country there are now 1,634 cases. in Kerala.

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister Veena George has quashed rumors of a resurgence of coronavirus, terming them “panic-mongering” by vested interests. During a press conference on Monday, she assured the public that authorities are closely monitoring the situation and have taken all necessary measures.

“Some vested interests are trying to create panic about the spread of COVID. The fact is that the authorities are constantly monitoring things and everything is in place. From November onwards, samples will be sent immediately for testing,” she said.

“Last month, among the samples sent for testing, one sample from a 79-year-old man from the Capital District was found positive for the JN1 variant. He was in home isolation, has recovered and is doing well,” George added.

“Incidentally, last month, Singapore identified 15 people traveling from India as positive for JN1 and this means that this variant is present in other states, but in Kerala we were able to identify it thanks to our protocols. All our systems have been installed and an exercise was conducted from December 13 to 16 in 1,192 hospitals in the state to assess facility availability. We currently have 1,957 beds, 2,454 IC beds and 937 ventilator beds. So there is no need to worry,” said the minister.

The Congress-led Opposition slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan government for being busy with their yatra across the state and doing nothing, as per the figures released by the Center on Sunday, out of the total 1,828 active cases in the country there are now 1,634 cases. in Kerala. On Sunday, Kerala recorded 111 new cases out of 122 in the country. More importantly, one COVID death was also reported in the state.