Managing COVID-19: The Kerala Model
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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 |
Abstract Case Intro 1 Excerpts
"What matters most is what we do. You can’t win a football game only by defending. You have to attack as well. Asking people to stay home and other physical distancing measures are important to slow down the spread of the Corona virus and buy time, but they are defensive measures. To win, we need to attack the Corona virus with aggressive and targeted tactics – testing every suspected COVID19 case, isolating and caring for every confirmed case, and tracing and quarantining every close contact"
– Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, World Health Organization,in March 2020
"Fighting an epidemic like corona requires scientific temper, humanism and a spirit for inquiry and reform. Superstition, credulity, emotionalism and irrationalism will derail the whole process by dispiriting and discouraging the experts and health activists who try hard to resolve the threat scientifically. In Kerala, we have initiated stringent police action against those who attempted to spread stupidity in the face of virus scare. That was among the main reasons why Kerala made some early advantages in checking the spreading of the virus."
– KK Shailaja, Minister for Health and Social Justice, Government of Kerala, in March 2020
"If the curve stays flat, Kerala will be a shining example for the world in managing Covid. Tired of reading about S. Korea and other examples of how to manage the pandemic"
– Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group, in April 2020
Introduction
On April 13, 2020, the Finance Minister of Kerala, a state in the southern part of India, stated that the number of active cases of the novel Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) had begun to decline, indicating a flattening of the state’s Covid-19 curve. With three cases in February 2020, five cases on March 8, 2020, and 17 cases on March 20, 2020, the positive cases had kept rising. Four days later, on March 24, 2020, it had crossed the 100-mark. The numbers grew steadily and reached the 200-mark on March 29, 2020, and crossed the 300-mark on April 4, 2020. After this, new Covid-19 cases showed a gradual decrease in numbers. The figures as on April 21, 2020, were 408 positive cases with 291 recoveries and three deaths. The most significant and positive factor in the battle by the Government of Kerala (GoK) against the Covid-19 was the reduction in the number of new cases, the increase in the number of recovered cases, and a fall in the number of deaths....
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