Despite claims by the State administration that Covid-19 was well under control, Kerala is in the grip of fear as four persons have been diagnosed with Omicron till Thursday evening.
The health sector in the State has come to a standstill as the indefinite agitation by the Government Doctors demanding better service conditions entered the ninth day while house surgeons and post graduate doctors continued their strike for the third day.
A release by Veena George, health minister, on Thursday said that 3,404 persons were diagnosed with Covid-19 during the last 24 hours.
The death toll till Thursday, according to the minister, was 43,946.The Ernakulam District administration has issued a red alert following reports that a person who reached Kochi airport from Congo on December 7 was diagnosed with omicron. The passenger instead of undergoing self-quarantine visited many public places including malls, restaurants and cinemas, according to the route map released by the district administration.