Nipah scares: Karnataka CM directs authorities to take precautions

Deputy Commissioner of Karnataka"s Dakshina Kannada district issued an advisory on Wednesday to prevent the spread of viruses in the district.

NewsBharati    09-Sep-2021
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New Delhi, September 09: After the neighboring state Kerala reports first death due to the Nipah, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai directed his officials to be cautious against the Nipah virus and adopt precautions to prevent the viral outbreak in the state.
 
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Following which the Deputy Commissioner of Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district issued an advisory on Wednesday to prevent the spread of viruses in the district. According to the information, the advisory instructs the people of Dakshina Kannada to avoid traveling to Kerala till the end of October, except for emergency issues.
 
It further instructs the concerned educational heads of all the colleges, schools, or other institutes not to call their staff and students to attend physical classes.
 

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"Other industries should also continue work from home till the end of October in order to prevent the outbreak of the viruses in the district," read the advisory. On September 7, the Karnataka government also issued an advisory note to prevent the outbreak of the Nipah virus in the state.
 
It instructs the district administrations to monitor the arrivals from Kerala for symptoms like fever, altered mental status, severe weakness, headache, respiratory distress, cough, vomiting, muscle pain, convulsion, and diarrhea.
In addition, it also advises the authorities to spread public awareness in this regard and develop a systematic surveillance system to identify clusters of encephalitis cases for the early detection of the Nipah outbreak.
Notably, Kerala registered the death of an eight-year-old due to the Nipah virus on Sunday following which the Centre advised immediate public health measures for the state.
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