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Kerala suspends biometric authentication for ration shops in all districts - Aaron Nedumparambill & Shilpashree Jagannathan

-TheNewsMinute.com

As COVID-19 cases rise to 75 across the country, state governments are suspending the various touch points that could be a potential source of infection.

The Kerala government’s Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs department has decided to suspend biometric authentication for the public distribution system (PDS), popularly known as fair price or ration shops, in all districts till March 31. The number of people confirmed to have the COVID-19 disease in the state stands at 17. COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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