Letter to BS: Other states must take lessons from Kerala's health dept

A tracking system monitors everyone coming to the state from high-risk destinations and also those who have come in contact with suspected cases

The Kerala health department under minister K K Shailaja has to be lauded for the exemplary and stupendous work done to contain the dangerous novel coronavirus, with three patients under treatment in isolated wards of hospitals in Trichur, Alappuzha and Kasaragod districts. The health minister who boldly led the medical team to encounter the deadly Nipah virus epidemic two years back is again back in action to fight yet another deadly virus.

Kerala’s preparedness and response to coronavirus has been so comprehensive and swift that other states have started to take lessons from it. Two years ago, health officials and volunteers,