One of Kerala’s most highly respected doctors, who is deeply involved both in the treatment of Covid-19 patients as well as research into the spread of Coronavirus, has said Kerala is doing everything right in handling the present Covid situation except for contact tracing. Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan, who is a member of the National IMA Task Force on Coronavirus and also Deputy Medical Director of Sunrise Hospitals in Kochi, explained that contact tracing has dropped in Kerala for two reasons: the healthcare workers who should be doing it have been diverted to vaccination – and Kerala has one of the highest percentages of both single and double vaccination in the country – whilst fatigue has also set-in after 18 months of Covid.
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