Over 1,000 Kerala healthcare workers test COVID positive in last 10 days
More than 1000 healthcare workers have been discovered contaminated with COVID in the last 10 days in Kerala, mentioned state Medical Officers’ physique on Monday. Dr. TN Suresh, basic secretary of Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association mentioned, “The number of COVID cases is increasing day by day in the state and that at an alarming rate. About 4.5 lakh patients are currently under treatment in the state. More and more health care workers are turning into patients. Over the last 10 days, more than 1000 healthcare workers have been infected with the virus.”
“We request the government to improve the health resources and utilise these resources more effectively,” Dr Suresh added.
COVID-19 instances rising in rural Kerala: says CM Vijayan
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday expressed concern over the rising instances of COVID-19 in rural Kerala. Addressing a press convention, he mentioned there are 72 panchayats in the state with a test positivity price of over 50 per cent with 19 of them being in Ernakulam district, and in 300 panchayats, it is above 30 per cent.
“There are 57 panchayats with 500 to 2,000 energetic instances. This is a severe state of affairs. The variety of confirmed instances continues to be excessive in Kannur,
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Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam districts,” he mentioned.
He mentioned stronger preventive measures could be taken in these districts.
In different districts, it’s progressively declining, Vijayan added.
Meanwhile, 27,487 new Covid-19 instances have been reported in Kerala on Monday from 99,748 pattern checks throughout the last 24 hours with a test positivity price of 27.56 per cent.
