Fever surveillance mechanism in place in Nipah-hit villages

Kozhikode | Wednesday | 23rd May, 2018

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Ali, health supervisor, community health centre, Perambra, said on Tuesday that all the fever cases in the villages were under observation. He claimed that there had not been any abnormal rise in the number of fever patients this year. Health Minister K.K. Kudumbasree meetingMeanwhile, the Kudumbasree district mission held a meeting, which was attended by the volunteers of the Community Development Societies in Changaroth and Cheruvannur. more-inLocal health authorities are putting in place fever surveillance mechanisms in places such as Sooppikkada village in Changaroth grama panchayat and Cheruvannur, from where deaths caused by Nipah virus were reported in the district in the past two weeks..