Health alert issued along Tamil Nadu-Kerala border over Nipah virus outbreak

Deputy directors of health services are directed to screen all symptomatic fever cases at the borders with necessary protective equipment

PGurus Newsdesk

September 13, 2023

Deputy directors of health services are directed to screen all symptomatic fever cases at the borders with necessary protective equipment

Nipah virus: TN health dept to screen fever cases in Tamil Nadu – Kerala border districts

Following the Nipah virus-related deaths in Kozhikode, Kerala, Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine has issued an alert in the border areas.

The deputy directors of health services are directed to screen all symptomatic fever cases at the borders with necessary protective equipment.

Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian interacted with the media at Gudalur in the Nilgiri district and informed people that there was no need for panic over the Nipah outbreak in Kerala.

The Minister also said that screening would be done for those having fever symptoms.

Dr T S Selvanivayagam, Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Government of Tamil Nadu, in a statement, said: “In view of two Nipah virus cases reported from Kerala, we would screen passengers from Kerala at border check posts by the health team. A separate team has been deployed round the clock in six districts of Tamil Nadu that share borders with Kerala.”

The six districts are the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Theni, Tenkasi and Kanyakumari.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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