Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today said that Kerala should expect an increased spread of the disease because of the high Test Positivity Rate prevalent in the State. “The Test Positivity Rate is still high and we need to reduce it significantly. The increase in test positivity rate indicates that it will take some more time for the disease to reach its peak in Kerala.”
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Private Labs should charge only revised RTPCR testing rate: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today issued a stern warning that the government will be forced to take legal action against private laboratories in the State who do not pass on the benefits of the revised RTPCR testing rate to the customers. It may be recalled that the State government had on April 29 slashed the rate of the RTPCR test used to detect Coronavirus infection from Rs.1,700 to Rs.500.
Read MoreLabour Commissioner issues new guidelines of employment during Covid
Trivandrum: The Labour Commissioner has issued new guidelines for the operation of the public-private sector, manufacturing sector, plantation, coir, cashew, fish processing sector, institutions and factories in the wake of the second wave of Covid in the state. The circular contains precautionary measures to be taken by employers and workers in the current situation.
Read More37,199 new Covid cases, Kerala may impose full lockdown in select districts
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 30: Kerala today reported 37,199 new cases of Covid-19 which were detected from 149,487 sample tests in the last 24 hours with a Test Positivity Rate of 24.88%. 49 recent deaths were confirmed as due to Covid. At present, there are 3,03,733 patients under treatment for Coronavirus infection in the state while 17,500 patients have recovered from the same.
Read More38,607 Covid cases in Kerala today, announces partial lockdown from May 4-9
Thiruvananthapuram: 38,607 new Covid-19 cases were detected in Kerala today from 1,57,548 sample tests (Test Positivity Rate of 24.5%). 48 Covid deaths were also confirmed. The number of patients under treatment for the disease in the state has gone up to 2,84,086 even as 21,116 patients have recovered from the infection today.
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