Kerala numbers worrisome, those arriving in Gujarat from there to be checked: Nitin Patel

August 27, 2021

Gandhinagar: Increasing number of covid19 patients is worrisome affair for entire nation including Gujarat, said Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel today in reply to media persons. Nitin Patel is also Health minister of Gujarat.

He further said he has instructed State Health Commissioner and Health Secretary to check those who arrive from Kerala including those belonging to Gujarat who return from Kerala visit by air or by railway.

It’s worth noting that the 31,445 fresh cases Kerala counted on August 25 represented its highest tally in close to three months, and also contributed towards India’s daily tally going past the 45,000 mark for the first time since the first week of July.

Union Health Secretary in his briefing yesterday had informed that Kerala has more than 1 lakh active cases. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have 10,000 to 1 lakh active cases. Kerala contributes to 51%, Maharastra 16% and rest of the three states contribute to 4-5% of the cases in the country.

Union minister V Muraleedharan had recently accused the Kerala government of using the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic for political objectives on Thursday and urged the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government to follow the guidelines prescribed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in tackling the spead of the virus.

Calling the situation in Kerala “grave”, the Union minister said, “The state, instead of using scientific methods to contain the spread, is trying to use pandemic for political objectives. I urge it to follow ICMR guidelines.”

“The state should give more attention to restricting the spread of the virus,” Muraleedharan was quoted as saying by ANI in a tweet. DeshGujarat

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