Kerala faces new challenge of deaths due to post-Covid ailments

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Af ter a disastrous credibility loss on its Covid campaign, Kerala is faced with a new challenge in the form of a steep increase in the number of patients with postCovid health problems and fatalities. It is a double whammy for the state, which boasts the best healthcare system in the countr y, that the number of persons who have died af ter testing negative for Covid-19 at the end of their treatment, has recorded a significant increase in recent times. The health department is seriously worried over the new trend in which people who have recovered from Covid are increasingly affected by other health problems, of ten proving fatal. At the same time, no audit has been conducted to determine the exact number of deaths recorded due to this problem.