Kerala Health Minister Veena George has taken exception to the Union Health Ministry’s letter to the State Health Secretary, rebuking the State for its unilateral decision to stop publishing COVID-19 data on a daily basis.
Addressing the media here on Tuesday, Ms. George alleged that some vested interests were at play and that the intent behind “leaking to the media” the letter by the Union Joint Secretary (Health) even before the Principal Secretary (Health) received it was questionable.
She said it was condemnable that a national-level “campaign” had been launched to publicise that Kerala was not furnishing COVID data to the Centre.
