Kerala’s first 100 days of facing the COVID-19 pandemic: a story of public health success

Authors

  • Jayakrishnan Thayyil Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India Coordinator, Prevention of Epidemics and Infectious Diseases Cell, Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India UNESCO Bioethics Chair, Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India
  • Thejus Jayakrishnan Department of Internal Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Thomas Bina Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203063

Keywords:

COVID19, SARS-CoV-2, Health policy, Public health

Abstract

The southern state of India-Kerala, where the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases were reported in the country has come to lime light with its pandemic containing strategies and minimum case fatality rate at hundred days. The state’s unparalleled containment and testing strategies was lauded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and referred to it as the “Kerala model”.

Author Biographies

Jayakrishnan Thayyil, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India Coordinator, Prevention of Epidemics and Infectious Diseases Cell, Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India UNESCO Bioethics Chair, Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India

Additional Professor, Department of Community Medicine; Chief coordinator, Prevention of Epidemics and Infectious Diseases Cell; Head, UNESCO Bioethics Chair

Thejus Jayakrishnan, Department of Internal Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Resident Physician, Internal Medicine

Thomas Bina, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India

Head of the department, Department of Community Medicine

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Published

2020-07-24

How to Cite

Thayyil, J., Jayakrishnan, T., & Bina, T. (2020). Kerala’s first 100 days of facing the COVID-19 pandemic: a story of public health success. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 7(8), 3305–3306. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203063

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Letter to the Editor