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The Daily Guardian
|October 11, 2024
The Covid pandemic was at its peak in March 2020, and Kasargod, a northern Kerala district bordering Karnataka was grappling with treatment facilities, as historically, the citizens here depended on facilities in the neighbouring state for treatment.
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State borders were being closed as part of Covid restrictions and at one point, mounds of mud were even dumped on the road to stop Covid patients, persons with symptoms from Kasargod from entering Karnataka. On March 28, 2020 Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Trusts pledged Rs 500 crore worth of aid to overcome the Covid situation in the country.
This story is from the October 11, 2024 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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