India coronavirus dispatch: 'Infodemic' is as dangerous as the virus itself

Here is a round-up of important articles from across Indian publications on Covid-19. From Kerala’s smart testing and community care, to hospitals putting off elective surgeries, and the progress with solidarity trials so far — read these and more in today’s India dispatch.

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‘Testing smartly, community care part of Kerala’s Covid-19 strategy’: Hard-learnt lessons from the 2018 Nipah outbreak and quick, decisive moves by the chief minister are what helped Kerala get a handle on the coronavirus outbreak in the state early on, according to KK Shailaja, minister for health, social justice & women and child development, Government of