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Ex-Kerala health minister KK Shailaja in focus in Peravoor battle

KK Shailaja is a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Published on Apr 27, 2026 03:03 pm IST

Oppn attacks Kerala govt over CAG report on PPE kit purchase

KK Shailaja (ANI)
Updated on Jan 23, 2025 08:06 am IST

Move to include Shailaja book in varsity syllabus draws flak

CPI(M) MLA and former Kerala health minister KK Shailaja’s book, ‘My life as a Comrade’, was recommended as reading material in an elective course for first-year semester students of MA English at Kannur University. (ANI)
Updated on Aug 25, 2023 01:15 am IST

Pinarayi forms new cabinet, ‘coronavirus slayer’ KK Shailja dropped: 5 points

Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan addresses a press conference after winning the party in Kerala Polls at Kannoore, in Dharmadom.
Updated on May 18, 2021 04:32 pm IST

Kerala health minister KK Shailaja not part of Pinarayi Vijayan's new cabinet

Kerala health minister KK Shailaja (left) gained popularity soon after the pandemic hit the country due to her rapid response to the danger of the fatal disease.
Updated on May 18, 2021 04:36 pm IST

LDF will be voted to power for welfare measures, Covid management: KK Shailaja

Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja casts her vote in assembly elections.
Published on Apr 06, 2021 01:22 pm IST

Kerala Health minister, 2 cabinet colleagues take first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Urging everyone to take part in the vaccination drive, 64-year-old Shailaja later said the initiative was going on smoothly in the state.
Published on Mar 02, 2021 06:51 pm IST

Kerala's Covid-19 management saved large number of lives: KK Shailaja

Shailaja said Kerala can say it saved more lives at a lesser cost, by following a 'very good' strategy from the starting stage itself.
Published on Jan 31, 2021 12:09 am IST

Kerala prepares action plan for second phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive

"It is time for the healthcare workers to get their second dose of vaccine by February 13.Therefore the plan is to complete the first phase of vaccination by February 15 and commence the second phase of the drive after that," the health minister said.
Published on Jan 23, 2021 06:27 pm IST

Kerala: 37 UK returnees test positive for Covid-19

Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja said the dry run for the Covid vaccine was successfully held and asserted the state was fully prepared to receive and administer the vaccine.
Published on Jan 02, 2021 08:22 pm IST

House inspections, medical camps after Shigella kills 1 in Kerala

Kerala health minister KK Shailaja is seen in this file photo.
Updated on Dec 21, 2020 09:08 am IST

Kerala govt warns of surge in coronavirus cases following local body polls

The entire election procedure was in compliance with Covid-19 protocols, masks, sanitising and social distancing norms were made mandatory at all polling stations
Updated on Dec 19, 2020 04:46 pm IST

Community transmission at over 50% in Covid-19 clusters, says Kerala health minister

Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja said teh government woudl focus in the coastal areas to break the chain of transmission of Covid-19 in the state.
Updated on Jul 18, 2020 02:50 pm IST

Kerala’s reverse quarantine worries elderly, calls grow for its dilution

Experts working in coronavirus counselling centres say they do get maximum calls from elderly these days. (Photo @shailajateacher)
Updated on Jun 27, 2020 06:20 pm IST

‘Covid Rani’: Kerala Congress chief mocks state health minister KK Shailaja

Kerala was the first state to report a Covid-19 case in the country in January, but has since managed it well with high recovery and lowest mortality rates. (Photo @shailajateacher)
Updated on Jun 19, 2020 07:31 pm IST

Kerala tweaks containment plan, uses reverse quarantine to fight Covid-19

The government has revised the containment zone protocol for targeted implementation of anti-pandemic measures. (Photo @shailajateacher)
Updated on Jun 12, 2020 08:30 pm IST

Kerala on high alert after 5 fresh coronavirus cases

Medical staff, wearing protective suits, dispose of medical waste as they exit the Special Isolation Ward set up to provide treatment to Covid-19 patients at Kochi Medical college in Kerala on February 8.
Updated on Mar 09, 2020 02:41 am IST

6 Indian states turn to Kerala in their fight against Coronavirus

Kerala has decided to strengthen its surveillance and monitoring system after three new cases of coronavirus was reported in the country
Updated on Mar 03, 2020 10:37 pm IST

Man tests positive as Kerala braces for Nipah emergency

Health officials at an isolation ward of Ernakulam Medical College in Kochi, Tuesday, June 4, 2019.
Updated on Jun 04, 2019 11:25 pm IST

9 deaths confirmed due to ‘rat fever’ in Kerala floods, 37 more suspected

Flood-affected people who had taken refuge in relief camps return to their houses in boats in Kuttanad, Alappuzha.
Updated on Sept 03, 2018 08:36 pm IST

20 lakh for children, job for husband of Kerala nurse who died of Nipah virus

Lini Puthussery, 32, a nurse who died of Nipah virus infection (NiV) on Sunday.
Updated on May 23, 2018 04:55 pm IST

We have contained Nipah outbreak effectively, says Kerala health minister

Kerala health minister KK Shailaja (left) has been camping in the Nipah virus-affected Kozhikode district.
Updated on May 22, 2018 02:24 pm IST