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Migrant workers greet Kerala state officials out of the windows as they sit on a train leaving to Odisha at Aluva railway station in Kochi. AFP
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Labourers wearing masks report for the day's work at a metro rail construction site in Kochi, Kerala. AP Photo
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Medics wearing protective gear examine a patient at a hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala. Reuters
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Medical staff collect samples from people at a newly set up 'Walk-In Sample Kiosk' to test for Covid-19 at Ernakulam Medical College in Kerala. AFP
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People wearing masks walk past a man selling face masks by a roadside in Kochi, Kerala. AP Photo
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A woman waves a face mask to attract prospective buyers among commuters as she sells them outside a shop in Kochi, Kerala. AP Photo
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A man wearing a mask reads a newspaper at a bus terminus that has been shut down for more than a month as part of measures to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Kochi, Kerala. AP Photo
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Classrooms in Kochi, Kerala are empty after the state government ordered the closure of schools due to the coronavirus outbreak. Reuters
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Migrant workers working in Kerala line up in Kochi to board a bus to their home state of Odisha. Reuters
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Kerala is home to thousands of migrant workers from the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Reuters
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Migrant workers greet Kerala state officials out of the windows as they sit on a train leaving to Odisha at Aluva railway station in Kochi. AFP
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Labourers wearing masks report for the day's work at a metro rail construction site in Kochi, Kerala. AP Photo
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Medics wearing protective gear examine a patient at a hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala. Reuters
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Medical staff collect samples from people at a newly set up 'Walk-In Sample Kiosk' to test for Covid-19 at Ernakulam Medical College in Kerala. AFP
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People wearing masks walk past a man selling face masks by a roadside in Kochi, Kerala. AP Photo
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A woman waves a face mask to attract prospective buyers among commuters as she sells them outside a shop in Kochi, Kerala. AP Photo
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A man wearing a mask reads a newspaper at a bus terminus that has been shut down for more than a month as part of measures to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Kochi, Kerala. AP Photo
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Classrooms in Kochi, Kerala are empty after the state government ordered the closure of schools due to the coronavirus outbreak. Reuters
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Migrant workers working in Kerala line up in Kochi to board a bus to their home state of Odisha. Reuters
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Kerala is home to thousands of migrant workers from the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Reuters
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Migrant workers greet Kerala state officials out of the windows as they sit on a train leaving to Odisha at Aluva railway station in Kochi. AFP
Coronavirus: What Kerala can teach us all about flattening the curve
Thanks to a unique style of governance and a willingness to learn from the past, the southern Indian state is a model for the developing world
27 October, 2020
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