Reportedly a foreign football coach has showered praise on the kerala government for its effective handling of novel coronavirus cases in the state.Dimitar Pantev, a Bulgarian, was home quarantined in Pattambi when he reached the town in palakkad district on march 4 for doing a study on the feasibility of setting up a highly professional training centre there on the request of Dubai-based H16 sports Services. I was and am still dumbstruck to hear about the spread and the disaster coronavirus has created in europe and I feel truly blessed that kerala is the place that I was at in the times of the virus,” Pantev wrote on his facebook page. He hailed the leadership role being played by chief minister pinarayi vijayan and health minister K K Shailaja in preventing the spread of the deadly virus in the state.
At no point I was worried or felt like going home, the way the chief minister of the state Honourable Mr pinarayi vijayan, took charge of the situation, leading from the front with his health minister, Ms Shylaja Teacher, was an eye opener in disaster management…” He said ever since the quarantine period was in force in Pattambi Municipality, health Inspector priya Das and other officials of the health department kept checking on him, giving safety instructions and calling up on the phone every day to ensure my health status.
He said he was looking forward to meeting Pinarayi and Shylaja personally to convey his family's thanks and good wishes. He said "I am very grateful for the kindness and good heart of the kerala Football Association and the local football groups for their thoughtfulness".
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