Kerala has reported over 22,000 cases of the novel Covid-19 for the third day in a row. According to the central Covid-19 management team the steady R-factor growth, which indicates speed at which the viral infection is spreading, means that Kerala will remain in the top spot for the next couple of weeks as far as new infections are concerned. The number of fatalities in the State is also rising. The weekly positivity rate has not dropped below 10 in the last eight weeks. It may be recalled that when the second wave of Covid-19 was ripping through the country, Kerala was reporting a high of more than 43,000 new cases every day. The Maharashtra Health Minister said that this high figure of infection in Kerala could be the harbinger of the third wave of the virus in the country. Goa needs to be on high alert in order to prevent the third wave. The State may be in all readiness to tackle the third wave. Hence all those travelling to Goa from Kerala should be under the scanner. These people need to be checked for the vaccination record as also for a negative RT-PCR report which has been carried out within the past 72 hours. Such preventive measures need to be followed so that Goa does not face the same consequences as during the second wave.
