Kerala ponders homoeo boost for schoolgoers

Proposal gets serious thought with little let-up in Covid cases

With the Kerala government deciding to reopen all the schools in the state from November 1, it is thinking of distributing free homoeopathic preventive tablets before that as a precautionary measure as Covid-19 continues to rage in the state.

The final year classes in colleges are all set to resume from next week.

Daily Covid-19 positive cases in Kerala appear to have risen yet again, after 12,161 people turned positive on Wednesday when 90,394 samples were tested over 24 hours, while the test positivity rate rose to 13.45 per cent.

The plan to distribute preventive pills has been discussed between education minister V. Sivankutty and health minister Veena George.

“More discussions on this will be there and we are confident of ensuring that we will be able to provide these preventive tablets to all our school children before they come to the school.

These tablets will be provided free of cost to the children at their homes,” said Sivankutty.