There is no let up in the transmission of Covid-19 in Kerala as the Health Department diagnosed 32,803 new patients on Wednesday out of the 1.74 lakh samples tested during the last 24 hours. A release by Health Minister Veena George said 173 persons succumbed to the pandemic during the last 24 hours and this took the death toll till date to 20,961.
The Test Positivity Rate on Wednesday 18.76. Out of the 32,803 new patients diagnosed on Wednesday, 108 were health workers.
This together with a host of factors have made the Kerala Government Medical Officers Association on an agitational path against the authorities.
On Tuesday, the entire community of doctors in Government service owing allegiance to the KGMOA undertook demonstrations all over the State but without affecting the diagnosis process. The doctors had given a representation to the authorities highlighting their grievances like work without enough breaks, absence of safety measures and infrastructure in Government hospitals across the State.
“The protests were held peacefully and did not affect the functioning of any Government hospitals in the State. We were forced to resort to this demonstrations to tell the people in the State about our pathetic conditions. The authorities should show some concern to our long pending demands,” said T N Suresh, general secretary, KGMOA.