Kerala's rock star health minister helped save it from Covid-19

 

Kerala rock star

Kerala's rock star

The state of Kerala is a rare place among the 100 million Malayalam-speaking people today where only deaths from coronavirus have occurred, 522 cases have been confirmed and no community has been transmitted. Her parents look into the reasons.

Health Minister KK Shailja's quick response team meeting began on January 22, when the virus was still in China. He set up a control room and directed the 1st District of Kerala to do so on January 22-24. By the time the first case arrived on January 27, a plane from Wuhan, Kerala, had adopted the WHO protocol of testing, tracing, isolation and support. These passengers were screened for testing, were tested. At a nearby hospital and at home alone.

With all these surprises in mind, Kerala is a state in southern India on the west coast where there are many people working and working abroad. There are many in the Gulf countries and the arrival of those refugees could cause a second outbreak. This was prevented by careful testing and contact tracing of the clusters. When a group hid information from the airport surveillance team that arrived from Ivan's Venice in late February - an incident was discovered. Contact tracers tracked hundreds of people they were in contact with and quarantined them.

By March 23, all flights from abroad to Kerala Kerala Airport, including Cochin and Trivandrum, were suspended. On March 25, India went into lockout.

Some of Kerala's achievements include the rapid separation of 1,170,000. With strict surveillance, which is now down to 21,000.

To provide food and meals to 1,150,000 migrant workers from other states before they are relocated.

A big reason for success is the high literacy rate in the state. The emphasis on education and healthcare is part of the Kerala model. Shailja is a secondary school teacher and health minister. 1947 Since India's independence in 1947, the state has had a strong socialist tradition of taking care of basic health, education, and public services. It also creates a portion of its GDP that earns the income of workers working abroad.

Another reason for the success of working with coronavirus is experience. In the state, there was a virus epidemic called Nipa in 2018 which became the story for a movie called Virus in Malayalam. The state has a decentralized public health system and people value their health care facilities, understand, and trust the health care authorities. There are 10 more medical colleges at the administration level. But faith and education, the first experience of dealing with the virus, are key.