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Covid 19: A response from South India

Fathima Mujeeb, Hasna Ashraf

Abstract

Covid 19, that first originated in China during December 2019 had impacted all parts of the world. Management of this viral disease by different countries varied wildly and surprising to all, some of the affluent countries with well devleoped health care systems did not fare very well. In this article, we compare the response and outcomes of the two southern states in India - Kerala versus Karnataka.

Keywords

Covid - 19; healthcare; India;

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