KK Shailaja: News
KK Shailaja is an Indian politician who serves as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Mattanur constituency in the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. She has formerly served as the Health Minister of Kerala and hails from the Kannur district. Shailaja is also serving as the Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), as of 2021. She was born on November 20, 1956, in Kerala and completed her education at Pazhassi Raja N.S.S. College and Visvesvarayya College. After graduating, she worked as a high school physics teacher at Shivapuram High School. In 2004, she retired after serving for seven years and joined politics as a full-time career. Shailaja has been widely appreciated for her leadership during the Nipah and COVID-19 outbreaks. She had formed a team to enable faster diagnosis of the deadly viruses. She also received international recognition for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala. In 2020, Shailaja was named as one of the world’s most influential women by Financial Times. The United Nations honored her in June 2020 for her efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, Shailaja also received the Central European University Open Society Prize.
16 Apr 2020
MaharashtraCoronavirus: How Kerala is 'flattening the curve'
Kerala was notably the first Indian state to report a case of coronavirus infection and remained one of the worst-hit regions in the early stages of the outbreak.
31 Mar 2020
IndiaKerala: Elderly couple, aged 93 and 88, recovers from coronavirus
In a heartening turn of events, an elderly couple, aged 93 and 88, have recovered from the deadly COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja informed.
11 Mar 2020
IndiaCoronavirus: Kerala in shutdown mode, health-emergency declared in four districts
With 14 people testing positive for coronavirus in Kerala, the state government has declared a health emergency in four districts and imposed several restrictions.
08 Mar 2020
COVID-19Kerala detects 5 new coronavirus cases; national tally at 39
Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Sunday reported five more positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19.
04 Feb 2020
KeralaCoronavirus outbreak: Third case in 5-days, Kerala declares state calamity
After a third person tested positive for the coronavirus, Kerala declared epidemic as a "state calamity" on Monday.
03 Feb 2020
KeralaThird person tests positive for coronavirus in Kerala; patient stable
Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Monday confirmed that a third person has tested positive for novel coronavirus in the state.
03 Sep 2019
KeralaKerala's first transwoman journalist makes debut with Chandrayaan-2 report
As the Vikram lander separated from the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter on Monday, a 22-year-old journalist from Kerala, Heidi Saadiya, delivered a live report on the moon mission, making history as she did.
18 Mar 2019
World Health OrganizationWest Nile virus takes life of a 7-year-old in Kozhikode
A seven-year-old boy, Mohamad Shan, who was tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) last week, died today morning.
04 Sep 2018
KeralaKerala: 9 deaths confirmed, 37 more suspected from 'rat fever'
Since August 15, nine people have been killed by leptospirosis or rat fever in the flood-ravaged state of Kerala. Among them, five were relief workers.
22 Aug 2018
Kerala#KeralaFloods: No outbreak of communicable disease reported, says Nadda
Union Health Minister JP Nadda yesterday said no outbreak of communicable disease has been reported from the flood-ravaged districts of Kerala so far.
02 Jun 2018
World Health Organization#NipahOutbreak: Re-opening of Kozhikode schools, colleges postponed to June 12
Kerala Government has decided to postpone the re-opening of educational institutions in Kozhikode district to June 12, besides deferring all examinations, except those conducted by Union Public Service Commission.
02 Jun 2018
KeralaKerala: 39-year-old woman under observation for Nipah virus dies
A 39-year-old woman, who was under observation for Nipah virus symptoms, has died today.
21 May 2018
World Health OrganizationNipah virus: Kerala on high alert after 11 deaths
The Kerala health department has been put on high alert in the wake of 11 deaths due to "Nipah" virus. The first incident was reported in Kozhikode district where three members of a family died.
20 May 2018
KeralaKerala: Panic grips locals after unknown-virus kills three in family
Three deaths in a family in Perambra in Kozhikode district of Kerala, after an unknown virus infected them, has frightened locals.
17 Apr 2018
KeralaKerala: Govt doctors end indefinite strike; out-patient time extended
Government doctors in Kerala, who were on an indefinite strike since April 13 to protest against the extension of out-patient (OP) time in government hospitals, withdrew their stir on Monday night after discussions with state Health Minister KK Shylaja.
04 Apr 2018
KeralaAccording to Kerala teacher, jeans wearing women reproduce transgender kids
Another day, another fight with sexism. A teacher from Kerala has given the most mind-boggling reason behind the birth of transgender kids.
03 Mar 2018
FacebookKerala CM visits lynched tribal's home; gives assurance of strict-action
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday visited the home of the tribal man, who was lynched in Kerala's Attapady last month for allegedly stealing food articles, and assured his family that stringent action would be taken against the accused.
