Kerala launches 'Ente Sweet Challenge' campaign to energise teens amid COVID-19 lockdown

Kerala Health Services on Friday launched campaign 'Ente Sweet Challenge' to energise teenrs during this COVID-19 lockdown period. campaign involves online challenges that allow teens to eng in productive and safe activities while staying at home.

Launched by State Health Minister KK Shailaja, campaign will be spearheed by famous playback singer Vidhu Prathap and his artist wife Deepthi Vidhu Prathap. Teenrs can post ir entries with hashtag 'Ente Sweet Challenge' which would be mand by Prathaps.

During launch, KK Shailaja urged parents and olescents to participate in campaign since it is aimed at helping teenrs to beat stress in a creative way, during se challenging times. Vidhu Prathap and Deepthi Vidhu Prathap said y are happy to have associated with Kerala Health Services for this vel initiative for youth.

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Kerala flattens COVID-19 curve

Kerala has flattened COVID-19 curve, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said only a lone case was reported on Friday and just 16 people remained under treatment for infection in state. He also said state needed to be careful to avoid ar wave of dely virus but asserted it was rey to fight it in such an event.

state reported a solitary positive case, taking total to 503 while ten more people recovered on Friday, bringing down number of active cases to 16, he told  reporters.

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"w, two months later (after second wave of infections hit state in March), curve has been flattened. As we have completed 100 days since country's first COVID case was detected from Kerala, we have a record of better recovery rate in whole world," Vijayan said.

Kerala has been earning accoles from many quarters for manner in which it dealt with pandemic and restricting deaths due to virus to just three so far while containing its spre. It has me elaborate arrangements to screen returning expatriates and put m under quarantine.

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