Pinarayi Vijayan gained handsomely within the just lately carried out elections in Kerala, and the LDF alliance led by him gained 99 seats. Apart from dropping all sitting cabinet ministers and inducting new faces, Pinarayi Vijayan made essentially the most information in current days for even dropping KK Shailaja Teacher, who earned laurels as Health Minister for her dealing with of the COVID-19 pandemic final yr by the media, for causes greatest recognized to it. Now, at a time when Kerala continues to reel underneath extreme stress from the second COVID-19 wave, Pinarayi Vijayan has determined to carry a gala occasion marking his swearing-in ceremony on Thursday,According to a report by the News Minute, the swearing-in ceremony of the second Pinarayi Vijayan authorities shall be held with 500 folks, which is half of the capability of the Central Stadium the place the ceremony shall be held on May 20. Earlier the plan was to conduct the swearing-in ceremony with 750-800 folks. This, regardless of the vigorous opposition Vijayan’s choice to present himself with a grand swearing-in ceremony, has obtained from throughout the state.“Entry to the function site shall strictly be regulated through entry pass. Entry and exit of invitees shall be regulated as per existing physical distancing norms. Entire seating arrangements including on stage shall be made as per existing COVID-19 protocol,” an order issued by the Kerala chief secretary stated. The order additionally provides that entry to the Central Stadium shall be restricted solely to individuals having COVID-19 detrimental certificates from RT-PCR, TrueNat and RT Lamp exams, obtained inside 48 hours or on the manufacturing of a closing certificates of COVID vaccination.Read extra: KK Shailaja’s ouster from the Kerala cabinet exhibits Vijayan’s Covid mannequin is only a PR gimmickKerala on Tuesday recorded over 31,337 new COVID-19 infections pushing the caseload to 21,70,651, the state well being bulletin stated. This, in a major soar from 21,402 instances that had been recorded on Monday. The lively instances within the state stand at 3,47,626. Kerala at the moment has a check positivity charge of round 23.29 per cent. Needless to say, this isn’t the most effective time for Pinarayi Vijayan to carry a grand oath-taking ceremony in entrance of an viewers that’s 500-people sturdy.As a matter of truth, the Kerala chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) had urged the swearing-in to be a digital occasion owing to the surge within the variety of COVID-19 instances. Evidently, Pinarayi Vijayan appears to have junked all sane recommendation, very like his earlier cabinet ministers.