<p>Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has set a two week target to officials to contain Covid-19 spread.</p>.<p>It was as part of the decision to engage police for contact tracing and other steps for containing Covid-19 that the Chief Minister gave a two week target. State chief secretary Vishwas Mehta instructed the district police and health authorities to work in coordination to attain this.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-unlock-30-rules-india-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-tamil-nadu-mumbai-bengaluru-chennai-ahmedabad-new-delhi-total-cases-deaths-recoveries-today-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-covid-vaccine-updates-869265.html">Follow latest updates on the Covid-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>Vijayan said on Wednesday that the opposition parties and other vested interest groups were trying to spread a wrong interpretation that police were given the full charge of Covid-19 contact tracing and related activities. The police would be working in coordination with health department, he said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, 1,195 fresh Covid-19 cases were reported in the state on Wednesday, while 1,234 recovered. Seven more person died of Covid in the state taking the total Covid-19 deaths to 94.</p>
<p>Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has set a two week target to officials to contain Covid-19 spread.</p>.<p>It was as part of the decision to engage police for contact tracing and other steps for containing Covid-19 that the Chief Minister gave a two week target. State chief secretary Vishwas Mehta instructed the district police and health authorities to work in coordination to attain this.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-unlock-30-rules-india-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-tamil-nadu-mumbai-bengaluru-chennai-ahmedabad-new-delhi-total-cases-deaths-recoveries-today-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-covid-vaccine-updates-869265.html">Follow latest updates on the Covid-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>Vijayan said on Wednesday that the opposition parties and other vested interest groups were trying to spread a wrong interpretation that police were given the full charge of Covid-19 contact tracing and related activities. The police would be working in coordination with health department, he said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, 1,195 fresh Covid-19 cases were reported in the state on Wednesday, while 1,234 recovered. Seven more person died of Covid in the state taking the total Covid-19 deaths to 94.</p>
