Kerala has urged the state government to strictly implement the Covid-19 containment measures, including a 17-day quarantine for infected persons and meticulous contact tracing.
In addition to this, the Kerala Government Medical Officers' Association (KGMOA) also submitted to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan that restrictions should be imposed in specific micro-containment zones to control the spread of the virus. "Time tested strategy of contact tracing and isolation which ensured an effective control during the first phase must be followed.
Contact tracing must be entrusted to local RRT with the help of the workforce from other non-essential services. All positive cases must be quarantined for 17 days," said KGMOA, the only service