The State government will set up COVID-19 testing facilities at airports, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. The CM said senior IAS and IPS officers would coordinate the pandemic containment strategy at airports. Mr Vijayan warned that the government would be constrained to roll back the relaxation in lockdown regulations if the COVID-19 case load in Kerala continued to rise. The situation could prompt the State to crack the whip and severely restrict mobility and curb retail trade. Mask and quarantineThe State police reported 4,320 instances of people venturing out into the open without wearing face masks.

Source: The Hindu June 23, 2020 15:01 UTC