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Kerala, a southwestern state of India, reported the first COVID-19 case in India. Its alert health department went into a detailed preparation to face the pandemic and its related effects. Kerala soon earned international attention for its handling of the COVID-19 emergency. Some of the factors that are outstanding about Kerala, apart from its achievements in education and healthcare, are decentralized governance, active public involvement, and a high level of women’s participation. This chapter explores Kerala’s COVID-19 crisis management during the first phase of the pandemic. It explains how the welfare system of Kerala, which is the outcome of the years of accountable governance, has worked to provide a protective safety net to the people of Kerala.
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George, A. (2022). The Kerala, India Experience of Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Gonçalves, M.d.C.d.S., Gutwald, R., Kleibl, T., Lutz, R., Noyoo, N., Twikirize, J. (eds) The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84678-7_22
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