As Kerala’s health minister between 2016 and 2021, KK Shailaja, 66, created history with her efficient handling of two major virus outbreaks the Nipah virus in 2018 and the subsequent COVID-19 pandemic that destabilised the world.
A communist party leader, Shailaja, was made to turn down the Magsaysay award on the ground that her success was the outcome of collective effort. But communists do sometimes promote individuals over the collective.
India News: Ramon Magsaysay was installed by the US in the Philippines to cut the growing influence of communists and he was brutal. Political leaders will be wel