Kochi, April 3 -- The Pinarayi Vijayan-led government on Wednesday invited the protesting Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers for a fresh round of talks on Thursday in a bid to end the latter's strike which has been going on for over 52 days.

"The government has invited us for another round of talks. The meeting will likely take place between representatives of the agitating ASHAs and health minister Veena George at her office on Thursday afternoon," VK Sadanandan, state president of the Kerala ASHA health workers association, said. Goerge recently met her Union counterpart JP Nadda in Delhi in a meeting she had termed as "positive".

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