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Focussed surveillance studies and testing in locations such as markets would have assisted much.

On January 30 afternoon when Health Minister K.K. Shylaja made a tv appearance to reveal that the first novel coronavirus infection in Indian had actually been verified in a medical student from Wuhan, none could have pictured it was just the beginning of a long innings with a virus hitherto unidentified. Though a sense of panic had gripped the State then, it could include the very first three cases from spreading to even the instant relative.

The sense of elation was temporary when on March 8 a three-member household from Italy checked positive for COVID-19 in Pathanamthitta. Cases started climbing in the State as individuals started returning home from abroad. On March 24, when the 21- day across the country lockdown was revealed, Kerala had 109 cases. On May 8, when migrants were beginning to go back to Kerala in great deals, the variety of ac