Kerala: Sunburn, sunstroke cases reported as temperature keeps rising

Kochi | Saturday | 16th March, 2019

Summary:

Rajani Varghese, a staff nurse at a primary health centre at Aymanam , suffered sunburn while on duty. Meanwhile, the weather department said dry weather prevailed over Kerala on Friday and will continue for the next couple of days. Sick people should not be exposed to direct sunlight during the above-mentioned hours and institutions taking students out for tours have been asked to be careful while exposing them to direct sunlight. Interestingly, there was a drop in maximum temperature in Malappuram district while there has been no big change elsewhere over the past 24 hours. School officials and parents have been asked to take good care of students during the examination period..