Four new cases & two recoveries today, total 140 patients under treatment

Thiruvananthapuram, April 18: Four new cases of the Coronavirus infection were confirmed in Kerala today. Three cases are from Kannur district and one from Kozhikode district. Three of them (two from Kannur district and one from Kozhikode district) had returned from Dubai and one (from Kannur district) is a case of local transmission. This takes the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Kerala to 399.

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Kerala plans phased relaxation of lockdown in consonance with Central guidelines

Thiruvananthapuram, April 16: Kerala Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today presented a plan for a phased relaxation of lockdown in the State, in consonance with the Central guidelines. “The State Government will abide by the general guidelines announced by the Central Government while extending the lockdown till May 03. We would request approval from Centre for grouping of districts based on the number of active/positive cases and allowing certain exemptions in these places. However, all common restrictions applicable to pan India will continue in Kerala”, he said.

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Government sets up Cancer treatment centres in all 14 districts, first in country

Thiruvananthapuram, April 15: Kerala Chief Minister, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan today announced that the State Government is setting up 22 Cancer treatment centres across all the 14 districts in the State in association with the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) at Thiruvananthapuram. This would enable cancer patients to continue their treatment during this Covid period. This is for the first time such an initiative for cancer care is being done in the country

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