At least 25 districts, which previously had covid-19 cases, have had no new cases in the last two weeks ERNAKULAM/NEW DELHI : On 7 March, when news surfaced that a family of three returning from Italy had skipped the voluntary screening at the airport, the administration in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district sprang into action.
Realizing the potential for an outbreak, collector P.B. Nooh scrambled a team of doctors, police personnel and local politicians.
In 48 hours, hundreds of people the family met were identified using mobile location data and physical interviews, and placed under quarantine.
Pathanamthitta district, with 1.1 million residents, was at that time the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Kerala, reporting the highest