MAHA MAY ADOPT KERALA’S COVID PLAN

State health minister Rajesh Tope on Monday said that steps taken by Kerala to contain the spread of coronavirus in the southern state can be adopted here. Tope held a meeting via video conferencing with Kerala’s health minister K Shailaja to understand their policies in dealing with Covid-19. “The population, density, geography and social composition of Kerala is different from Maharashtra but we will see if we can adopt the practices of Kerala health department here,” Tope said in a statement.

In Kerala, people with comorbidities – those who had diabetes, high blood pressure, heart

decision on it,” said Kakani.

Despite the increase in beds, medical experts claim that this is not sufficient to cater to the patients in Mumbai. The city requires at least 4,000 ICU beds. “The next 20 days are very crucial for us. We are expecting that in this period, we may have to disease, bladder issues, etc – were not allowed to step out of their homes.

Besides, the state also roped in famous personalities to boost the morale of the doctors, nurses, and other health care workers.

The Maharashtra government will look to implement these measures in hotspots; however, no decision has been taken yet.

Tope and Shailaja spoke about Kerala’s isolation policy, daily testing, measures taken to contain the spread in slums, help of private doctors, curbs in containment zones, and plasma therapy, among other efforts to target the coronavirus.

arrange ICU beds for around 6,000 patients. At present, only seven to eight patients out of 100 require ICU facilities,” said Dr Om Srivastava, city-based epidemiologist.

Around 5% of the total Covid patients in Maharashtra are critically ill. “We don’t know how long