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Case Code: ECON086
Case Length: 13 Pages
Period: 2018 - 2020
Pub Date: 2020
Teaching Note:Available
Price:Rs.300
Organization : Government agency
Industry :Government & Non-Profit Organisations
Countries : India
Themes: Crisis Management & Conflict/Public Policy/Disaster Management/Government & Economy
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Managing COVID-19: The Kerala Model

 
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PREPARING FOR THE WORST

 

With the declaration of the third case of Covid-19 on February 3, 2020, the GoK declared the outbreak a state disaster and the Disaster Management Act came into force. A State Response Team (SRT) was immediately formed...

 
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MAKING THE KERALA MODEL WORK

The increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in March 2020 from five cases on March 8, 2020, to more than 200 cases on March 29, 2020, led the GoK to implementing policies on a war footing, including measures such as effective communication, ‘break the chain’, contact and tracing, relief measures, and managing and strengthening human resources...
 

KERALA’S CRISIS MANAGEMENT MODEL WINS ACCOLADES

In a program on the BBC channel ‘Work Life India’ Kerala’s healthcare system was praised for the effective containment of the Covid-19 in the state. Virologist Jameel praised the healthcare infrastructure of Kerala and mentioned that it had very good diagnostic abilities and healthcare centers...
 

LOOKING AHEAD

The lockdown which was scheduled to have been withdrawn on April 14, 2020, was extended till May 3, 2020, by the Government of India (GoI). With the number of new Covid-19 cases coming down considerably and many more patients on the road to recovery, the GoK planned to continue the surveillance till April 30, 2020. Shailaja commented,..
 
 

EXHIBITS

Exhibit I: Number of Covid-19 cases in the Southern states of India (As on April 21, 2020)
Exhibit II:Graph Depicting the Total Positive cases vs. Recovered cases as on April 12, 2020
Exhibit III: Details of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary levels of Healthcare system of Kerala