How Kerala managed to flatten the coronavirus curve

That Kerala was able to recognise the threat posed by the coronavirus and respond to it so quickly is a legacy of decades of progressive politics and an egalitarian development strategy in the communist-run state.Read the full article

By Laura Fornell, Oscar Espinosa

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, Public services, Health, Social protection, Civil society, Coronavirus

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