<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala Government has mandated wearing of face masks, amid reports of a spike in Covid-19 cases in different parts of the country and abroad.<br />''</span><br />''An official order issued in this connection says, failure to wear face masks in public places, work places and during transport will a attract fine of five hundred rupees under the Disaster Management Act.  <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The State Health Department has  also scaled up  vaccination drive to prevent any surge of the pandemic.  As per available information, Kerala has over one thousand  800 active cases now.</span><br />