'Kerala has made notable strides in combating tuberculosis', says CM Pinarayi Vijayan
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Kerala has made notable strides in combating tuberculosis', says CM Pinarayi Vijayan

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that tuberculosis is seldom discussed in public nowadays, as it’s often thought of as a disease that has been eradicated. However, Kerala has made notable strides in combating tuberculosis, achieving a 40 percent reduction in its prevalence over the past six years, he said. Speaking at the health department’s programme ‘Advancing Kerala’s Fight Against TB’, Vijayan emphasised the government’s commitment to transforming Kerala into a modern healthcare hub. The chief minister spoke after unveiling the document ‘A Path to Wellness: Kerala’s Battle Against TB’, which outlines the history of tuberculosis treatment in the state.

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Behind India’s success in curbing tuberculosis
1 week, 2 days ago

Behind India’s success in curbing tuberculosis

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call to eliminate tuberculosis from India laid the foundation for a new model of TB care and management. India has a unique universal nutritional support scheme — the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana for TB patients. The monthly support under Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana was doubled to ₹1,000 per month from November 1, 2024, to reinforce India’s commitment …

In the ‘END TB’ strategy, the other grave forms of tuberculosis are out of focus
2 weeks ago

In the ‘END TB’ strategy, the other grave forms of tuberculosis are out of focus

The Hindu  

In January 2021, SA, the middle of three siblings, a bright adolescent in the slums of Howrah, aspired to clear her class 12 exams soon, and start earning for the family. However manifestations of TB are protean, and the seriousness and prevalence of some forms of TB, which are loosely conflated into one term, EPTB or Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis, cannot …

Chennai Mayor flags off tuberculosis awareness campaign vehicle
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Chennai Mayor flags off tuberculosis awareness campaign vehicle

The Hindu  

Chennai Mayor R. Priya launched the ‘Tuberculosis-Free Tamil Nadu’ awareness campaign vehicle on Saturday at Ripon Buildings. Among the 8,735 household contacts of diagnosed TB patients, 5,767 were given preventive treatment.” The release added that the Public Health Department of the GCC has been intensifying TB control measures. The awareness campaign aims to diagnose TB early, reduce deaths due to …

Health Minister launches 100-day campaign to reduce TB incidence and mortality
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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Health Minister launches 100-day campaign to reduce TB incidence and mortality

The Hindu  

“The rate of TB decline in India has doubled from 8.3% in 2015 to 17.7% today, much ahead of the global average. Deaths due to TB have also reduced in India by 21.4% in the last 10 years,” Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said at the launch of the intensified national ‘100 day TB elimination campaign’ on Saturday, in Haryana. …

Government to launch 100-day nationwide TB campaign, denies shortage of anti-TB drugs
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Government to launch 100-day nationwide TB campaign, denies shortage of anti-TB drugs

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: To eliminate tuberculosis in India, which tops the list of 30 countries with high-burden TB cases, the centre announced that a 100-day intensified campaign will be launched across 347 high-priority districts in 33 states and union territories. The campaign is aimed to enhance TB case detection, reduce diagnostic delays, and improve treatment outcomes, particularly in high-risk groups will …

Efforts intensified to achieve tuberculosis elimination target in Andhra
1 month ago

Efforts intensified to achieve tuberculosis elimination target in Andhra

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The State government has intensified efforts to eliminate tuberculosis under the National TB Elimination Programme, reporting significant progress in 2024. Between January and October, the State achieved a presumptive TB examination rate of 2,343 per lakh population and a TB notification rate of 155 per lakh. However, districts like Sri Satya Sai, ASR, and Bapatla fell below the State …

Gurugram: TB cases rise to 8k; officials credit ‘better reporting’
1 month, 1 week ago

Gurugram: TB cases rise to 8k; officials credit ‘better reporting’

Hindustan Times  

Tuberculosis cases in Gurugram have surged to approximately 8,000 so far in 2024, reflecting an increase of about 7,000 cases compared to 2023. Health department officials attribute this rise to a 2022 mandate that requires private hospitals to promptly report TB cases, leading to improved compliance and increased reporting in 2024 in contrast to the last two years. According to …

Eliminating TB by 2025 looks near impossible
4 months ago

Eliminating TB by 2025 looks near impossible

Hindustan Times  

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. The latest WHO Global TB Report reveals that India has the world’s largest TB epidemic; at 2.6 million, the country accounts for the highest number of TB cases as well as multi-drug resistant cases. A study from Mumbai highlighted an unacceptably long average delay between a …

Swasthya Nagaram, a model for TB Free Municipalities launched in Medchal-Malkajgiri District
5 months ago

Swasthya Nagaram, a model for TB Free Municipalities launched in Medchal-Malkajgiri District

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A model for TB free municipalities - Project Swasthya Nagarm, was launched in the city on Tuesday by ICMR National Institute of Nutrition. “This model will help in building ownership among urban local bodies towards the TB free initiatives and create an open channel of communication on the quality and availability of TB services in urban settings”, said Mr. …

Mumbai has over 27% TB patients of the state
5 months, 1 week ago

Mumbai has over 27% TB patients of the state

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government revealed in the state assembly on Thursday that Mumbai has over 27% of the total cases of tuberculosis in the state. HT Image Till June end, the number of patients in the city had reached 30,519, which is 27.52% of the total number of cases in the state, which stands at 110,896. Responding to them, state …

Kerala Assembly: Opposition stages walkout over worrying state of public health
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala Assembly: Opposition stages walkout over worrying state of public health

The Hindu  

The United Democratic Front Opposition staged a walkout in the Kerala Legislative Assembly on July 2 accusing the government of “total failure” in making public health a priority and taking no coordinated action on the ground to ensure that preventive and control measures against infectious diseases were on course to prevent a surge in diseases. Satheesan, who led the walkout, …

Health Ministry reworks protocol as India’s TB elimination drive plateaus
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Health Ministry reworks protocol as India’s TB elimination drive plateaus

The Hindu  

India’s goal to achieve rapid decline in the burden of tuberculosis morbidity and mortality, while working towards the elimination of TB in the country by 2025, has plateaued, a senior Health Ministry official said. According to the Health Ministry, India has been engaged in TB control activities for more than 50 years, yet the disease continues to be the country’s …

Gross mismanagement: The Hindu Editorial on TB drug shortages and India’s national TB programme
8 months, 1 week ago

Gross mismanagement: The Hindu Editorial on TB drug shortages and India’s national TB programme

The Hindu  

April 10, 2024 12:15 am | Updated 01:30 pm IST With less than two years left to achieve the ambitious goal set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018 to “eliminate” TB in India, the pharmacy of the Global South is once again struggling to treat patients with drug-sensitive TB. Just seven months ago, there was an acute shortage of …

Karnataka health minister accuses Centre of interrupting supply of anti-TB drugs
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka health minister accuses Centre of interrupting supply of anti-TB drugs

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Wednesday alleged that the Central government is interrupting the supply of anti-tuberculosis drugs in the state, which is putting thousands of lives at stake. "It is deeply concerning that the Union Government's frequent interruptions in the supply of Anti-TB drugs are jeopardising the health and well-being of over 80,000 TB patients annually in …

TB challenge needs a multi-focal approach
8 months, 3 weeks ago

TB challenge needs a multi-focal approach

Hindustan Times  

An increase in the number of tuberculosis cases notified in India in 2023 over 2022 underscores the rigour of the efforts to shrink the pool escaping the TB control programme’s radar. The better capture of cases can be credited to the private sector’s impressive jump in performance, as well as states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar bettering their record. India’s …

2.55 million cases of TB notified in India last year, most in decades
8 months, 3 weeks ago

2.55 million cases of TB notified in India last year, most in decades

Hindustan Times  

India notified nearly 2.55 million cases of tuberculosis last year according to government data, the highest achieved since the start of the TB control programme in the 60s, indicating the efficacy of a drive to identify individuals afflicted with the disease, and ensure they get treated. Of all the TB cases notified in 2023, nearly 32% of notifications came from …

2.55 million cases of TB notified in India last year, most in decades
8 months, 3 weeks ago

2.55 million cases of TB notified in India last year, most in decades

Hindustan Times  

India notified nearly 2.55 million cases of tuberculosis last year according to government data, the highest achieved since the start of the TB control programme in the 60s, indicating the efficacy of a drive to identify individuals afflicted with the disease, and ensure they get treated. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Last year, 2.42 million cases were notified from across the …

Making TB among women visible
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Making TB among women visible

Hindustan Times  

Did you know that India has the highest burden of tuberculosis, or TB in the world? As a result, finding and treating extra-pulmonary TB remains a challenge in India and I’m sure this is compounded with the challenges that women generally face in accessing healthcare2. It is the need of the hour to raise awareness about TB in women –symptoms …

Missing TB Cases In India Reduced From 1 Million In 2015 To 0.26 Million In 2023: Mandaviya
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Missing TB Cases In India Reduced From 1 Million In 2015 To 0.26 Million In 2023: Mandaviya

News 18  

After two challenging years of the pandemic, India has seen a reduction in tuberculosis incidence by 16 per cent, almost double the pace witnessed globally, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. Virtually addressing the 37th Board Meeting of the Stop TB Partnership, he also said the number of missing TB cases in India has reduced from 1 million …

A model that provides all TB services under one roof
11 months ago

A model that provides all TB services under one roof

The Hindu  

India has a stated goal of eliminating tuberculosis by 2025. In an article - ‘Walk In Centre - One Stop TB Solution - A Model Game Changer in Tuberculosis Control’ - published in the State’s public health journal, officials of the directorates of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and of Medical and Rural Health Services have outlined the need for …

Let’s just talk health, shall we?
11 months, 1 week ago

Let’s just talk health, shall we?

The Hindu  

Often times, in the post-COVID world, with science/health reporting picking up since the pandemic, health writing becomes all about telling a story in detail, it’s about laying it all bare, explaining the nuances, capturing the latest research and interpreting it for a burgeoning group of readers of science and health articles. “A crippling cost-of-living crisis, burnout and well below inflation …

Missing TB cases in the private sector
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Missing TB cases in the private sector

The Hindu  

India made notification of TB patients mandatory in 2012 to address the problem of delayed diagnosis, suboptimal quality of care, incorrect diagnostic and treatment protocols being used, and a high drop-out rate in the private sector. Despite the significant increase in the private sector TB notifications over the years, they fall far short of the targets set by the National …

WHO hailed India’s success in managing TB: Union Health Ministry
1 year, 1 month ago

WHO hailed India’s success in managing TB: Union Health Ministry

The Hindu  

India has made tremendous progress in improving case detection and reversed the impact of COVID-19 on the tuberculosis programme, noted the World Health Organization’s ‘Global TB Report 2023’ released earlier this week, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. “The WHO has made a downward revision of TB mortality rates from 4.94 lakh in 2021 to 3.31 lakh in 2022, …

Walk-in tuberculosis centre opened at Kollumedu PHC in Tamil Nadu’s Villivakkam
1 year, 2 months ago

Walk-in tuberculosis centre opened at Kollumedu PHC in Tamil Nadu’s Villivakkam

The Hindu  

A walk-in centre under the One Stop TB Solution Scheme was commissioned at Kollumedu upgraded primary health centre in Villivakkam on Sunday. “We had announced that we will implement the ‘One Stop TB Solution Scheme’ at a cost of ₹20 crore. At present, 86,000 persons in the State had been diagnosed with TB, and many of them received nutrition kits …

Quality of active TB case finding suboptimal nationally: study
1 year, 3 months ago

Quality of active TB case finding suboptimal nationally: study

The Hindu  

Since 2017, India’s Tuberculosis programme has been undertaking active case finding outside the healthcare settings among high-risk populations. Of the three ACF cycles recommended among the high-risk populations each year, 642 districts undertook just one cycle. Based on the available data, the quality of ACF was measured using three indicators — screening at least 10% of the district population for …

Death of tuberculosis patient in Kerala throws up questions on gaps in health care
1 year, 6 months ago

Death of tuberculosis patient in Kerala throws up questions on gaps in health care

The Hindu  

Mortality due to tuberculosis is coming into focus in Kerala again. Apart from the serious lapses committed by the State TB administration in expediting the purchase of the special drugs recommended for the youth, the episode lays bare the discomfiting fact that the State may be seriously falling behind in early case detection and follow-up care of patients — with …

New shorter treatment regimen for TB preventive therapy launched in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 7 months ago

New shorter treatment regimen for TB preventive therapy launched in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian launched 3HP, a new shorter treatment regimen for TB Preventive Therapy, at the Tamil Nadu Tuberculosis Summit held on Friday. The National TB Elimination Programme aims at fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goal of achieving TB-free Tamil Nadu by 2025, five years ahead of the global targets. The State Prevalence Survey conducted by the National …

Creating TB-Free Panchayats: A Roadmap to TB Elimination - News18
1 year, 7 months ago

Creating TB-Free Panchayats: A Roadmap to TB Elimination - News18

News 18  

At the One World TB Summit in Varanasi last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the ‘TB Mukt Panchayat’ initiative, further reiterating the importance of Jan Bhagidari and a community-led movement to end tuberculosis. Panchayati Raj Institutions: Important lever in creating Swasth Bharat Since the 73rd Constitutional Amendment, our Panchayati Raj Institutions have become essential decentralised units to deliver key …

A new edge to the fight against tuberculosis
1 year, 8 months ago

A new edge to the fight against tuberculosis

The Hindu  

At the One World TB Summit in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on March 24, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi instilled fresh energy to the global tuberculosis elimination response and reiterated India’s commitment to spearhead this effort. The Prime Minister’s remarks are critical as we look to redefine India’s and the world’s TB elimination response — with innovation and research being central …

TB cases rise in Pune, need to look beyond lungs to eliminate TB, say experts
1 year, 8 months ago

TB cases rise in Pune, need to look beyond lungs to eliminate TB, say experts

Hindustan Times  

As Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases constitute 40% of the total Tuberculosis cases reported in the city in the past four years and the number continues to rise, it is high time for the health department of the Pune Municipal Corporation to look beyond just lung disease to eliminate TB from Pune. The importance of this cannot be emphasised enough given …

Now, India to estimate TB burden using own system
1 year, 8 months ago

Now, India to estimate TB burden using own system

The Hindu  

India has become the first country in the world to estimate the tuberculosis burden in-country and launch its own mathematical system to estimate the disease burden. The Health Ministry noted that as per this data, the global TB reduction numbers stand at 11% while the reduction in TB cases in India is 18%. “This model was constructed based on the …

PM Modi launches several initiatives to eliminate tuberculosis
1 year, 8 months ago

PM Modi launches several initiatives to eliminate tuberculosis

Deccan Chronicle  

Varanasi: India's ideology of "Vasudhaiva Kutumbkam" is giving the modern world an integrated vision and solutions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday as he launched a series of initiatives to eliminate tuberculosis. Addressing the 'One World TB Summit' on World TB Day, Modi said the country is working to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025 as against the global target of …

India will eradicate Tuberculosis by 2025: Chief of Stop TB Partnership
1 year, 9 months ago

India will eradicate Tuberculosis by 2025: Chief of Stop TB Partnership

Hindustan Times  

The Executive Director of the STOP TB Partnership, Dr Lucica Ditiu on Thursday said she has no hesitation to say that India will end Tuberculosis by 2025. Read here: Japanese scientists discover new 'glass-like' orchid species In an exclusive Interview with ANI, she said, "I think the financial resources will come and will basically facilitate the implementation of these activities …

Tamil Nadu’s novel initiative results in reduced TB deaths
1 year, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu’s novel initiative results in reduced TB deaths

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu has pioneered an initiative across the State to reduce the mortality rate among people with tuberculosis. In lieu of the 16 parameters, Chennai-based National Institute of Epidemiology, which is spearheading TN-KET along with the State TB Cell, found that preliminary assessment of patients based on just three conditions — very severe undernutrition, respiratory insufficiency, and inability to stand …

India can lead efforts to find new TB vaccine, says WHO’s former chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan
1 year, 11 months ago

India can lead efforts to find new TB vaccine, says WHO’s former chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan

The Hindu  

Raising the need to develop a new vaccine for tuberculosis, Soumya Swaminathan, former chief scientist at the World Health Organisation, said India, considering its accelerated timeline for TB elimination than the rest of the world, should be in the lead, and scientists and researchers around the country as well as globally should come together to develop a better vaccine. I …

One-fifth of the adult population in the capital harbours TB bacilli
1 year, 11 months ago

One-fifth of the adult population in the capital harbours TB bacilli

The Hindu  

A community-based cross-sectional study among adults in Thiruvananthapuram district has reported that roughly one-fifth of the adult population in the district--20.5% of adults -- have tuberculosis infection This means that they have Latent TB Infection, a state wherein they are harbouring the TB bacilli in their body while not having clinically active TB disease. Though it is an accepted fact …

India must fine-tune its strategy to eliminate Tuberculosis
2 years, 2 months ago

India must fine-tune its strategy to eliminate Tuberculosis

The Hindu  

Termed as the severest crisis in a century, the COVID-19 pandemic dislodged the entire health system in India, sidelining other public health issues, and tuberculosis was no exception. Despite an extensive national programme and a vast private sector, India is the global epicentre for TB, with an estimated 2.8 million TB cases, and with TB killing more than 4,00,000 Indians …

India's 2025 Goal to Oust Tuberculosis Most Ambitious in World, But Funding Woefully Low: TB Alliance Chief
2 years, 3 months ago

India's 2025 Goal to Oust Tuberculosis Most Ambitious in World, But Funding Woefully Low: TB Alliance Chief

News 18  

India’s aim to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025 is the most ambitious goal of any country in the world, the chief of an American non-profit alliance for TB drug development has told News18.com. “India has set perhaps the most ambitious goals of any country in the world in terms of TB elimination,” Spigelman told News18.com in an exclusive interaction. “There is …

Centre identifies 75 tribal districts for focused TB interventions
2 years, 3 months ago

Centre identifies 75 tribal districts for focused TB interventions

The Hindu  

After having run an active case-finding campaign to detect instances of Tuberculosis among tribal populations over the past six months, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Central TB Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have now zeroed in on 75 tribal districts, where focused interventions will be run over the next few months with the aim …

Review of Vidya Krishnan’s Phantom Plague — How Tuberculosis Shaped History: The chimera of tackling TB
2 years, 4 months ago

Review of Vidya Krishnan’s Phantom Plague — How Tuberculosis Shaped History: The chimera of tackling TB

The Hindu  

Decades after the devastating influenza pandemic of 1918 ravaged India, adivasis from western India recalled the disease wiping out entire households. Glimpses of such intensity, albeit experienced in New England, can be found in the first part of Vidya Krishnan’s Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History; dead bodies were exhumed, burned offal from patients’ corpses were fed to cure tuberculosis, …

Health Matters: Govt Wants to Eliminate TB But Data Not In Sync With Promise. Blame it on Covid
2 years, 5 months ago

Health Matters: Govt Wants to Eliminate TB But Data Not In Sync With Promise. Blame it on Covid

News 18  

It was all about Covid-19 for the past two years. #TBMuktBharat pic.twitter.com/z1vYXpncH4— Central TB Division | #TBMuktBharat July 8, 2022 Now, with less than three years to that deadline – 2025, which is five years ahead of the target set by Sustainable Development Goals 2030 – there are important lines of inquiries that need to be pursued to track how …

How is Assam faring on the TB eradication front?
2 years, 5 months ago

How is Assam faring on the TB eradication front?

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 26, 2022 18:00 IST “My husband is a buddhu,” 41-year-old Anita Bodo says through her tears. Such is the stigma of TB among the tribal people of Baksa district in north-western Assam that a patient and even his family face exclusion and loss of livelihood. “Our goal is to reduce the TB infection rate to 44 per …

TB activists start monthly meetings to resolve issues faced by TB patients
2 years, 7 months ago

TB activists start monthly meetings to resolve issues faced by TB patients

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic causing a setback for the country’s programme to eliminate tuberculosis, non-government organisations, TB activists, survivors, and officers will hold a meeting every month to discuss the needs and challenges of its treatment in the country. We can create an informal TB group to address day-to-day issues faced by TB patients like delays in getting …

India sees sharp rise in tuberculosis patients, cases up by 19% in 2021, says Centre
2 years, 8 months ago

India sees sharp rise in tuberculosis patients, cases up by 19% in 2021, says Centre

Firstpost  

The total number of new and relapsed TB patients notified in India during 2021 were 19,33,381 as against 16,28,161 in 2020, the report showed New Delhi: The number of tuberculosis cases in India has seen a 19 per cent rise in 2021 over the previous year, according to the annual TB report released by Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on …

India to be TB-free by 2025, says Minister
2 years, 8 months ago

India to be TB-free by 2025, says Minister

The Hindu  

A 19% increase was witnessed in 2021 from the previous year in TB patients’ notification. On the World Tuberculosis Day on Thursday, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reaffirmed the government’s commitment to making India tuberculosis–free by 2025 and said this will be achieved by ensuring access to quality healthcare and advanced treatment. The report said despite the brief decline in TB …

India's TB Elimination Programme Goes Beyond Medical Interventions, Says MoS Health
3 years, 1 month ago

India's TB Elimination Programme Goes Beyond Medical Interventions, Says MoS Health

News 18  

India’s TB elimination programme addresses all co-morbidities and goes beyond medical interventions to tackle the social determinants of the disease, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said Tuesday. Highlighting the commitment of India towards eliminating TB, she said, “India’s TB Elimination Programme is also addressing all co-morbidities and goes beyond medical interventions to tackle the social determinants of …

TB-free India by 2025 an aspirational goal, but paying attention to nutrition key to beating disease
3 years, 2 months ago

TB-free India by 2025 an aspirational goal, but paying attention to nutrition key to beating disease

Firstpost  

India accounts for the highest TB burden globally; 27 percent of the cases are detected in India. A recent study discovered that even after state- In Madhya Pradesh, after distributing protein-rich food baskets to TB patients for over a year, we have seen remarkable results:95 percent patients are TB-free and gained weight! Solutions Addressing undernutrition requires considering TB patients and …

Fight Against TB, HIV on Par with Joining Defence Forces: Union Health Minister
3 years, 4 months ago

Fight Against TB, HIV on Par with Joining Defence Forces: Union Health Minister

News 18  

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday told the youths that working towards elimination of tuberculosis and prevention of HIV transmission is on par with joining the defence forces as one works for the nation. Mandaviya, who launched the first phase of the awareness campaign for HIV, TB and blood donation on the occasion of ‘International Youth Day’ in the …

'Kerala Model Not a Failure': Health Minister Veena George Says As Covid-19 Cases Remain High in State
3 years, 5 months ago

'Kerala Model Not a Failure': Health Minister Veena George Says As Covid-19 Cases Remain High in State

News 18  

Kerala Health Minister Veena George said that the Kerala model is not failing and the system is quite successful and hopes that cases will reduce in the next couple of weeks. Veena George told CNN-News18, “In Kerala, we have developed a system where we have always tried to keep the number of cases below the medical capacity threshold. We have …

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