Kerala withdraws ‘state calamity’ status on coronavirus infections

After a meeting of the state’s disaster management authority, Health Minister K K Shailaja said as no fresh positive cases were reported in the state so far, the decision to withdraw the ‘calamity’ status was taken. However, she added that the high state of surveillance and response would continue.

Those in primary as well as secondary contact of the positive cases are under strict observation but they have not reported any symptoms so far. A team from the National Disaster Management Authority has visited the state and expressed satisfaction to the state’s response.
On February 7, the number of those suspected to be exposed to the virus rose to 3,014 in Kerala. Of them, 2,951 are under home quarantine and 61 are isolated in hospitals. Of the 285 samples sent for testing, 261 samples have reported negative for nCov infection.