Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will chair an online COVID-19 review meeting on Thursday to calibrate a response to the accelerated spread of the suspected Omicron-driven variant of the coronavirus.
Mr. Vijayan will join the meeting remotely from the U.S., where he has gone for treatment.
Soaring COVID-19 infections in Kerala have resurrected old fears of harsher restrictions on life, loss of livelihood, economic downturn, overstretched health care resources, critical staff shortage in hospitals, emergency services, public utilities and government offices.
