Tamil Nadu has stepped up measures to monitor folks who arrive from Kerala in 9 bordering districts, in the wake of the neighbouring state reporting a loss of life because of Nipah virus contamination, Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian stated on Sunday.
“Already we had been tracking the 9 districts that border Kerala. We had been carrying out door-to-door cognizance campaigns withinside the districts at the spread of the Zika virus… In the wake of the Nipah virus, we’ve got issued an advisory to district health officials to expedite measures like holding fever camps,” he advised reporters.
The Minister directed health officials of the 9 districts to maintain fever camps on the entry points in the border districts besides carrying out thermal screening of the passengers, testing their saturation levels. “Already, we’re permitting people to enter (Tamil Nadu) only if they have a COVID-19 vaccination certificate nor an RT-PCR negativity report,” he stated.
Health secretary J Radhakrishnan stated people who enter Tamil Nadu from Kerala had been screened now no longer simplest for COVID-19 however additionally for different communicable sicknesses like Zika, Nipah. “We are constantly tracking the folks who enter Tamil Nadu. People need not panic about the Nipah virus. But at the same time they should now no longer display negligence (in following the authorities advisory),” he cautioned.
Health department officers of the 9 districts that border with Kerala had been entreated to behaviour surveillance for all communicable diseases, particularly Zika and Nipah. “Deputy administrators had been informed and the nearby bodies in border regions should stay alert about these diseases,” a message sent to the district health officers stated.
Nipah Virus is a zoonotic virus — it is transmitted from animals to humans — fruit bats and pigs — and also can be transmitted through infected meals or directly between people. To a question about some faculty, college students and instructors having examined COVID-19 positive after faculties had been reopened on September 1, Radhakrishnan stated they could have contracted the virus earlier.
