Kerala government has been leading from the front in the battle against the killer coronavirus and has been leaving no stone unturned in their attempts to make the state free from the virus. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and health Minister KK Shailaja have also ordered screening of bus and train passengers.

As a next step, the Kerala government has launched a mass campaign that advocates washing of hands and this campaign has been named as "Break the chain". Health Minister KK Shailaja inaugurated the campaign for creating an awareness among the public regarding public and personal hygiene in the critical times of Covid-19 outbreak.

Kerala Health Minister Shailaja, while launching the campaign emphasized on the necessity to maintain personal hygiene so that one can protect self as well as the community from Covid-19 infection. She said that people must follow the habit of washing hands and face whenever they are in public contact so that they can help break the chain of virus infection.