No extra COVID contact-tracing responsibility for police in Kerala

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state police have began measures to withdraw its personnel deployed on Covid-19 contract-tracing responsibility. This follows the commentary that the ‘number of positive cases is showing a declining trend’. 

According to an order issued by state police chief Loknath Behera on Friday, district police chiefs and commissioners ought to take steps to scale back the variety of personnel deployed on contract tracing in a phased method and the responsibility handed over to the well being division sooner or later. 

A state police supply stated personnel deployed on contact-tracing responsibility have been requested to return to common routine. Strangely, the transfer by the police comes at a time when Covid constructive instances within the state have soared. 

Initially, contact tracing had been the accountability of well being division, however the police had received into the act after the variety of instances shot up.