₹500 from ₹1,200 in all the private laboratories of the state.The Kerala CM also assured that the state is fully prepared for the assembly results' counting day.
CM Vijayan said, "Strict measures are in place at counting centres for crowd control. The winning candidates should avoid victory celebrations.
The usual practice of visiting people after victory should not be carried out by candidates considering the Covid-19 situation".Separately, the Kerala chief minister said that there might be a complete lockdown in districts with a high positivity rate from May 4."The surge in the COVID cases shows that the situation in the state is going worse.