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The Kerala government has alerted all district doctors to follow strict infection control procedures for Nipah, who killed 17 people in that state during its outbreak in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts in May of this year . 19659002] "We alerted the DMOs to all public hospitals to scrupulously respect infection control practices," said Dr. V. Meenakshi, Acting Director (Public Health) at PTI.
The nipah warning circular, issued by Deputy Secretary-General (Health), Rajeev Sadanandan, also wanted all major public hospitals to have a "coughing area".
"Masks should be provided to people with severe respiratory infection and a person should be appointed to provide information on masks and the need to wear them," she said.
According to state government figures, the Nipah virus had killed 17 people, including 14 in Kozhikode and three in Malappuram since the beginning of its epidemic in May
. This figure includes the death of Mohammed Sabith, the first victim, whose samples had not been tested for Nipah.
An international medical journal said the virus killed 21 people, which contradicts the official figure of 17 deaths.
The virus, allegedly caused by bats, has put the entire state in the limelight. alert with thousands of people quarantined to check for symptoms.
(This story was not edited by Business Standard staff and is generated automatically from a syndicated feed.)
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