Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya speaks to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan over COVID-19 situation
New Delhi, Aug 04: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday spoke to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over rising coronavirus cases in the state and sought his cooperation in managing the situation.
Kerala has been witnessing a surge in the cases, with 49.85 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country being reported from the southern state.
"The Central Government's team headed by NCDC has returned from Kerala & submitted its report. I have spoken with the Chief Minister of Kerala, @VijayanPinarayi ji, over the phone and discussed the matter of the rising #COVID19 cases in the State," Mandaviya tweeted.
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"I have also written a letter to CM Vijayan Pinarayi ji for taking more proactive measures and precautions to control the ongoing situation in Kerala. I have sought the State's cooperation in managing the situation and have assured Central Government's complete support," he said in another tweet. The Centre had sent a six-member team to Kerala and it had shared some of the observations with the state on the overall management of the situation.
Kerala
had
on
Tuesday
reported
23,676
fresh
COVID
cases,
pushing
the
total
infection
count
to
34.49
lakh,
with
the
number
of
people
succumbing
to
the
virus
touched
17,103
after
148
additional
deaths,
officials
said.