The Kerala government on Monday said ward level committees would be strengthened to fight the surge in coronavirus cases and more restrictions would be put in place to 'crush the Covid-19 curve', said Health Minister K K Shailaja.

She said Kerala would require more vaccines than now being supplied by the Centre for the mass vaccination campaign as the current stocks would not be adequate for the purpose. "Now there is a surge in cases after the elections and we are trying to crush the curve and save more lives.  More restrictions will be put in place. We have Public Health Centres in all panchayats and most of them have been upgraded to Family Health centres," she told reporters here.

She also added that the state has urged the Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan to supply enough vaccines for this drive. The Minister said the aim was to 'crush the COVID-19 curve' and noted that in the earlier phase, the government had delayed the peak.

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