THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has sharply criticized those who criticized the Kerala's model of Covid defense in the health sector. The Chief Minister opined that an alternative vision has always been upheld through the Kerala model. In an article in Chintha Weekly, the Chief Minister said that Kerala has put forward an alternative perspective that affirms the responsibility of the government during the pandemic.

During this crisis, no one in Kerala had to go to bed hungry and the state has administered more vaccines than it had received. The CM said that not a single person was denied treatment and there was no administrative stalemate during the crisis and development and welfare activities had not stopped. Pinarayi also said that those who say that the Covid defense of Kerala is wrong should say what model should be adopted. Pinarayi also reacted in strong language against the opposition's criticisms.

The second wave of Covid in Kerala was unexpected. But the state is ready for the third wave, he said. The state has not been deprived of oxygen or hospital beds. Kerala has the lowest number of infections in the sero surveillance surveys conducted in the country so far.The death rate in the state is only one-third of that of the country. It is less than 0.5 percent, the CM mentioned in the article.

The country saw crematoriums with endless funerals and thousands of corpses floating in rivers like orphaned ghosts. The Chief Minister said that no one who died in Kerala was left unidentified and no body was insulted. The CM said in the article that he is proud to have defended Covid through the best systems available.