Can the communist-run state be a model for India’s response?

India's first case came from Kerala, but it has been able to contain the virus unlike other states.

Their secret is quick and efficient public-health systems

In January this year, Kerala became the first Indian state to report a coronavirus case. Now, four months later, it claims it has flattened the curve.

Before many countries had fully grasped the devastation that COVID-19 would bring, health authorities in India’s southern state of Kerala were closely monitoring a 20-year-old student who returned...

A strong health service and clear communication is key to communist-run Kerala’s success, says Oommen C Kurian of New Delhi’s Observer Research Foundation

India’s first coronavirus case was discovered in Kerala in January. Local authorities moved swiftly to confront the threat.

Vijayan, an old-style Indian politician, is more reassuring than charismatic – and has earned fans for keeping a level head and human touch amid the pandemic.

On January 30, a student returned from the Wuhan Institute of Medical Sciences tested positive, setting in motion a treatment program that's come to be viewed as an exemplar for confronting coronav...

India's Communist-run region of Kerala has received praise from the Washington Post and New York Times for its coronavirus response. Its secret? A government that puts the public interest before...

The inside story of how one Indian state is flattening the curve through epic levels of contact tracing and social assistance.

South Asia News -When Mr Robin Thomas, 34, and his wife found out they had tested positive for Covid-19, their first anxiety was about being separated from their four-year-old daughter, Rianna, who

KOCHI: While the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is posing a great challenge to India’s health care system and the government’s response has already upended the livelihoods of millions of people, the

Le Kerala se targue d’avoir maîtrisé la propagation du Covid-19 par le déblocage de fonds publics et la mise en place d’un confinement drastique.

Linke Regionalregierung im südindischen Kerala wird international für Umgang mit Epidemie gelobt

Intanto milioni di migranti interni messi in fuga dal lockdown cominciano a tornare nelle grandi città indiane

Despite being one of the first to be hit by virus in India, Kerala has only 450 cases

L’État du Kerala est l’un des premiers foyers de Covid-19 en Inde. Pourtant, avec seulement 447 contaminations – dont 316 guérisons – au 24 avril, il a amorcé le déconfinement de plusieurs régions....

Kerala’s approach has proven less disruptive, less costly, and more effective than any other state in India

Pochi contagi grazie alla rapidità con cui sono state adottate le misure restrittive, ma soprattutto per le risorse che la sinistra al governo dedica da decenni agli investimenti nel sistema sanitario

The southern state of Kerala in India is being hailed in its fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus. Kerala, with a population of roughly 35.1 million people, a bustling tourist centre b...

Thanks to a unique style of governance and a willingness to learn from the past, the southern Indian state is a model for the developing world

This overlooked region of India is a beacon to the world for taking on the coronavirus, with the leftist government setting the bar for testing, tracing and treatment standards.

By Vijay Prashad and Subin Dennis K.K. Shailaja is the health minister in the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala, the state in the southwest of

12 March 2020: A staff member inside an empty classroom of a school in Kochi, after the Kerala state government ordered schools across the state to close because of coronavirus fears

Hindistan'ın Kerala eyaleti halkı örgütleyerek ilerleyen salgınla mücadele pratiğiyle dikkat çekiyor. Kerala hem en yüksek test oranına sahip hem de burada her bilgi halkla paylaşılıyor.

La lutte exemplaire et efficace de l'Etat de Kerala en Inde contre la pandémie de covid-19

With a robust public health system, the state of Kerala is taking the lead in India’s response to COVID-19.

It is no accident that the southwestern Indian state of Kerala has fared better than many others in the COVID-19 crisis. The state has a long tradition of investing in its people and institutions,...

Analysts say India's communist state of Kerala has managed to flatten the curve with aggressive testing, contact tracing as well as long periods of quarantine

Kerala's proactive measures like early detection, social support measures and technological advances that beat any developed nation helped the state fla...

K.K. Shailaja is the health minister in the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala, the state in the southwest of India that has a population of 35 million people. On January 25, 2020, she...

L’État dirigé par une coalition de communistes et de partis de gauche était le premier touché par le Coronavirus en Inde. Grâce à un plan de traçage des cas, de tests massifs, de fourniture de colis...

Działania lewicowego rządu stanu Kerala w walce z pandemią są na tyle skuteczne, że zdecydowała się

Yusuf Said Akcakaya 16 Nisan 2020 tarihinde paylaştı. Komünist bir partinin iktidarda olduğu Hindistan’ın Kerala eyaletinde alınan sıkı ve önleyici tedbirlerin, koronavirüs eğrisinin düzleştirilmes...

The Communist-led state of Kerala in southern India has been hailed as a model for beating the coronavirus, winning praise for “flattening the curve” despite a lack of support from the country’s...

Während Indien mit dem höchsten Anstieg an Infektionen pro Tag kämpfen muss, hat der Bundesstaat Kerala Covid-19 so weit in den Griff bekommen

The left-wing governed state Kerala in India has a stable social system and ordered a strict lockdown coupled with social measures to overcome Corona.

KK Shailaja has been hailed as the reason a state of 35 million people has only lost four to the virus. Here’s how the former teacher did it

Il Vo’ Euganeo indiano ha molti più abitanti dei 3.300 del paesino padovano. Si aggiungono cinque zeri e s’arriva a 33 milioni. Tanti sono i cittadini dello stato del Kerala. Concentrati non in (...)

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – As India’s 1.3 billion people struggle to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the country’s 28 states stands head and