Situation in Kerala has become alarming as the Department of Health on Sunday diagnosed 18, 257 persons with Covid-19. The State has 1.23 million Covid-19 patients as on Sunday evening, according to a press release issued by the Health Department of Kerala. The day also saw 25 persons succumbing to the pandemic taking the death toll till date to 4,929.
Details release by the State administration belied the claims made by Chief Minister and Health Minister that everything was under control in Kerala. “Today’s data proves that the Government has lost control and direction of the preventive mechanism in the State. Since day one the Kerala Government failed to convince the people to regulate and alter the life style to check the spread of the pandemic.
Wearing masks and maintaining social distance alone would not prevent Covid 19,” said Dr B Rajeev, a physician specialising in Indian System of Medicine to control the pandemic.
A Government physician told The Pioneer that the health department was manipulating figures to suit the convenience of the political masters. “Though the release says Ernakulam district has 2,835 patients as on Suinday evening, the district had registered more than 3,000 cases by 11 am itself,” said the doctor.
Both Dr Rajeev and the Government physicians were more bothered about the post-covid syndrome which is expected to hit the people in the 15 to 45 age group. “They are the one that sustains the nation. If they suffer any physiological changes because of Covid-29, we are in for major trouble, economically and socially,” said both the doctors.
Meanwhile Tamil Nadu too continued to test increased cases on Sunday. The State diagnosed 10,723 new cases on Sunday while 42 fatalities were registered in the State. The administration tightened the restrictions and regulations to take Covid-19 head on. A release by the Government of Tamil Nadu said the entire State would be put under curfew from 10 pm to 4 am. No vehicles will be allowed during the curfew hours.
While Sundays would see total lock down, tourism operations have been suspended fully in hill stations like Nilgiris, Kodaikkanal and Yercaud. Only on-line classes are allowed in colleges and universities.
While the Government postponed the 12th Board Examination, parks, beaches, museums will remain out of bound for all till further orders.
